NGC 7685
NGC 7685
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
263 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 263 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7685 as it looked roughly 263 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 7696Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 7705Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 7706Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 7704Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 7679Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 1507Lenticular24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7705Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 7706Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 7704Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 7679Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 1507Lenticular24 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).