NGC 6964
NGC 6964
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
177 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 177 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6964 as it looked roughly 177 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 6967Lenticular1.2 million ly
apartNGC 6961Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 6959Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 6954Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6945Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 1317Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6961Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 6959Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 6954Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6945Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 1317Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).