NGC 6984
NGC 6984
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
215 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 215 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6984 as it looked roughly 215 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 6982Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 6935Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6937Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 5002Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 5001Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7014Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6935Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6937Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 5002Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 5001Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7014Elliptical22 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).