NGC 1701
NGC 1701
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
273 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 273 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1701 as it looked roughly 273 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 1687Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 2106Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 1540ASpiral43 million ly
apartNGC 1540Spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 1660Spiral61 million ly
apartNGC 1658Barred spiral61 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2106Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 1540ASpiral43 million ly
apartNGC 1540Spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 1660Spiral61 million ly
apartNGC 1658Barred spiral61 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).