IC 681
IC 681
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
253 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 253 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 681 as it looked roughly 253 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
IC 679Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 3591Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 3667Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3696Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3704Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3707Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3591Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 3667Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3696Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3704Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3707Elliptical14 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).