NGC 1691
NGC 1691
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
215 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 215 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1691 as it looked roughly 215 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 1762Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1642Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1713Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 1709Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1819Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1654Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1642Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1713Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 1709Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1819Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1654Barred spiral22 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).