NGC 6707
NGC 6707
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
126 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 126 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6707 as it looked roughly 126 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 4797Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartIC 4821Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 6708Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 4837Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 4839Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 4782Spiral8.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4821Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 6708Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 4837Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 4839Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 4782Spiral8.3 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).