NGC 6999
NGC 6999
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
522 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
184k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 522 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6999 as it looked roughly 522 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 7016Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 7019Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 6998Elliptical39 million ly
apartIC 5088Lenticular51 million ly
apartIC 5065Lenticular70 million ly
apartIC 1386Elliptical86 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7019Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 6998Elliptical39 million ly
apartIC 5088Lenticular51 million ly
apartIC 5065Lenticular70 million ly
apartIC 1386Elliptical86 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).