NGC 1682
NGC 1682
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
203 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 203 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1682 as it looked roughly 203 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 1684Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 1653Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1657Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1685Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1654Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1670Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1653Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1657Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1685Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1654Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1670Lenticular11 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).