NGC 1684
NGC 1684
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
207 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
153k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 207 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1684 as it looked roughly 207 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 1682Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 1685Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 1657Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 1670Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1653Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1654Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1685Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 1657Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 1670Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1653Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1654Barred spiral8.4 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).