NGC 6697
NGC 6697
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
218 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 218 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6697 as it looked roughly 218 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 6710Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 6632Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6628Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 6660Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6665Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6623 NED02Elliptical25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6632Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6628Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 6660Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6665Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6623 NED02Elliptical25 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).