NGC 69
NGC 69
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
311 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 311 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 69 as it looked roughly 311 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 71Elliptical710,000 ly
apartNGC 72AElliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 72Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 67Galaxy19 million ly
apartNGC 140Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 27Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 72AElliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 72Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 67Galaxy19 million ly
apartNGC 140Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 27Barred spiral19 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).