NGC 1699
NGC 1699
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
183 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 183 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1699 as it looked roughly 183 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 1700Elliptical540,000 ly
apartNGC 1694Lenticular1.5 million ly
apartIC 399Irregular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1753Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1683Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 1741Spiral8.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1694Lenticular1.5 million ly
apartIC 399Irregular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1753Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1683Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 1741Spiral8.0 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).