NGC 1681
NGC 1681
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
128 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 128 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1681 as it looked roughly 128 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 1665Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 1677Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 1666Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartIC 2095Spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 2098Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 1843Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1677Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 1666Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartIC 2095Spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 2098Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 1843Spiral17 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).