NGC 6070
NGC 6070
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
94 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 94 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6070 as it looked roughly 94 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 1158Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 6010Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 6017Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5913Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6118Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6014Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6010Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 6017Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5913Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6118Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6014Lenticular22 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).