IC 680
IC 680
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
583 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
137k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 583 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 680 as it looked roughly 583 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 697Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 671Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 660Elliptical61 million ly
apartIC 655Barred spiral62 million ly
apartIC 661Elliptical65 million ly
apartIC 662Elliptical69 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 671Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 660Elliptical61 million ly
apartIC 655Barred spiral62 million ly
apartIC 661Elliptical65 million ly
apartIC 662Elliptical69 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).