NGC 699
NGC 699
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
259 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 259 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 699 as it looked roughly 259 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 715Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 160Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 773Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 726Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 682Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 747Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 160Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 773Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 726Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 682Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 747Barred spiral16 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).