IC 688
IC 688
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
78 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
22k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 78 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 688 as it looked roughly 78 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 3636Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3732Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3779Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3637Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3818Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3672Spiral9.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3732Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3779Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3637Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3818Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3672Spiral9.1 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).