IC 690
IC 690
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
326 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 326 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 690 as it looked roughly 326 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 3635Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3638Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3702Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3688Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3775Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 721Barred spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3638Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3702Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3688Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3775Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 721Barred spiral28 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).