NGC 6713
NGC 6713
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
245 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
34k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 245 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6713 as it looked roughly 245 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 1296Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 6688Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 6662Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6665Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6695Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 6700Barred spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6688Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 6662Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6665Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6695Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 6700Barred spiral32 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).