NGC 6970

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NGC 6970 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Indus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 5,089±29 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 244.8 ± 17.2 Mly (75.06 ± 5.28 Mpc).

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