NGC 1685
NGC 1685
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
212 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 212 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1685 as it looked roughly 212 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 1670Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 1684Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartNGC 1654Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 1659Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1682Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1678Lenticular9.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1684Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartNGC 1654Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 1659Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1682Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1678Lenticular9.9 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).