NGC 1688
NGC 1688
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
57 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 57 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1688 as it looked roughly 57 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 1824Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 1672Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1543Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartIC 2056Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1553Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1559Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1672Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1543Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartIC 2056Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1553Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1559Barred spiral5.9 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).