NGC 6700
NGC 6700
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
214 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 214 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6700 as it looked roughly 214 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 6665Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6710Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 6740Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1296Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6697Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 6632Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6710Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 6740Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1296Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6697Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 6632Barred spiral26 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).