NGC 6710
NGC 6710
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
212 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 212 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6710 as it looked roughly 212 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 6697Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 6740Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6700Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6632Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6660Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6665Spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6740Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6700Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6632Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6660Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6665Spiral25 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).