NGC 6699
NGC 6699
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
159 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 159 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6699 as it looked roughly 159 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 4736Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 4775Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 4757Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartIC 4807Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 4826Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 6758Elliptical8.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4775Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 4757Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartIC 4807Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 4826Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 6758Elliptical8.7 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).