NGC 681
NGC 681
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
82 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 82 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 681 as it looked roughly 82 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 701Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 755Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 636Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 615Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 720Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 600Spiral8.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 755Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 636Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 615Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 720Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 600Spiral8.5 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).