NGC 6988
NGC 6988
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
212 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 212 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6988 as it looked roughly 212 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 6972Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 6956Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1359Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7015Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6944Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 6927Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6956Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1359Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7015Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6944Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 6927Lenticular22 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).