NGC 1680
NGC 1680
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
201 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 201 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1680 as it looked roughly 201 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 1803Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1567Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 1616Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1595Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1558Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1930Elliptical23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1567Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 1616Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1595Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1558Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1930Elliptical23 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).