NGC 675
NGC 675
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
243 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 243 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 675 as it looked roughly 243 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 683Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 677Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 673Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 162Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 161Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 671Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 677Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 673Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 162Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 161Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 671Spiral13 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).