NGC 1690
NGC 1690
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
408 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
127k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 408 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1690 as it looked roughly 408 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 1661Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 1875Elliptical64 million ly
apartIC 383Elliptical68 million ly
apartIC 404Lenticular69 million ly
apartIC 379Spiral79 million ly
apartIC 2057Spiral84 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1875Elliptical64 million ly
apartIC 383Elliptical68 million ly
apartIC 404Lenticular69 million ly
apartIC 379Spiral79 million ly
apartIC 2057Spiral84 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).