NGC 700
NGC 700
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
213 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 213 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 700 as it looked roughly 213 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 705Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 669Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 668Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 759Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 704BElliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 735Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 669Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 668Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 759Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 704BElliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 735Barred spiral8.1 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).