NGC 6696
NGC 6696
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
359 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 359 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6696 as it looked roughly 359 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 6594Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 6609Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 6592Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 4708Galaxy34 million ly
apartNGC 6601Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 6597Elliptical38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6609Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 6592Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 4708Galaxy34 million ly
apartNGC 6601Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 6597Elliptical38 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).