NGC 685
NGC 685
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
64 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 64 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 685 as it looked roughly 64 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
IC 1896Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 986AGalaxy18 million ly
apartNGC 1249Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 802Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 1980Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1933Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 986AGalaxy18 million ly
apartNGC 1249Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 802Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 1980Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1933Spiral20 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).