NGC 690
NGC 690
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
243 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 243 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 690 as it looked roughly 243 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 149Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 682Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 594Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 160Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 593Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 129Lenticular25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 682Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 594Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 160Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 593Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 129Lenticular25 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).