NGC 701
NGC 701
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
86 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 86 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 701 as it looked roughly 86 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 681Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 636Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 811Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 615Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 600Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 596Elliptical7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 636Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 811Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 615Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 600Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 596Elliptical7.9 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).