NGC 689
NGC 689
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
196 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 196 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 689 as it looked roughly 196 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 749Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1768Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 823Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 1763Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 775Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1759Barred spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1768Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 823Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 1763Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 775Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1759Barred spiral23 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).