NGC 1694
NGC 1694
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
182 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 182 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1694 as it looked roughly 182 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 1700Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartNGC 1699Barred spiral1.5 million ly
apartIC 399Irregular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1683Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 1753Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 1656Lenticular8.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1699Barred spiral1.5 million ly
apartIC 399Irregular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1683Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 1753Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 1656Lenticular8.2 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).