NGC 6703
NGC 6703
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
110 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 110 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6703 as it looked roughly 110 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 6764Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6675Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1291Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6798Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 6757Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1265Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6675Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1291Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6798Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 6757Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1265Spiral26 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).