NGC 6701
NGC 6701
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
185 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 185 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6701 as it looked roughly 185 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 6750Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6510Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6687Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6411Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 6636 NED02Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6361Barred spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6510Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6687Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6411Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 6636 NED02Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6361Barred spiral33 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).