NGC 694
NGC 694
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
138 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
23k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 138 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 694 as it looked roughly 138 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
IC 167Spiral600,000 ly
apartIC 1730Spiral1.2 million ly
apartNGC 680Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 678Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 674Spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 163Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1730Spiral1.2 million ly
apartNGC 680Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 678Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 674Spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 163Barred spiral9.1 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).