NGC 6990
NGC 6990
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
95 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
34k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 95 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6990 as it looked roughly 95 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
IC 4986Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7041Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 7049Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7059Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4901Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7151Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7041Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 7049Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7059Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4901Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7151Spiral17 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).