NGC 6706
NGC 6706
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
177 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 177 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6706 as it looked roughly 177 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
IC 4753Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartIC 4764Spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 4828Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 4820Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 6776ABarred spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 4788Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4764Spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 4828Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 4820Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 6776ABarred spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 4788Spiral11 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).