NGC 691
NGC 691
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
122 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 122 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 691 as it looked roughly 122 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 770Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 163Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 772Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 678Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 680Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1730Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 163Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 772Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 678Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 680Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1730Spiral15 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).