NGC 687
NGC 687
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
238 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 238 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 687 as it looked roughly 238 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 679Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 717Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 712Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 753Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1732Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 708Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 717Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 712Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 753Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1732Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 708Elliptical11 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).