NGC 6702
NGC 6702
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
223 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 223 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6702 as it looked roughly 223 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 6711Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 6745 NED01Galaxy24 million ly
apartNGC 6792Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6695Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 1289Galaxy42 million ly
apartIC 1301Lenticular44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6745 NED01Galaxy24 million ly
apartNGC 6792Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6695Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 1289Galaxy42 million ly
apartIC 1301Lenticular44 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).