NGC 683
NGC 683
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
245 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 245 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 683 as it looked roughly 245 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 673Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 675Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 161Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartIC 156Spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 162Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 677Elliptical9.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 675Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 161Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartIC 156Spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 162Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 677Elliptical9.9 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).