NGC 6708
NGC 6708
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
120 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 120 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6708 as it looked roughly 120 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 4797Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 6707Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 4821Spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 4837Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 4839Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 4782Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6707Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 4821Spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 4837Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 4839Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 4782Spiral14 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).