NGC 6708

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NGC 6708 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Telescopium. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 2,520±14 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 121.2 ± 8.5 Mly (37.17 ± 2.62 Mpc). Additionally, one non-redshift measurement gives a similar distance of 116 Mly (35.7 Mpc).

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Image: Legacy Surveys / D.Lang (Perimeter Institute) & Meli thev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.