IC 1666
IC 1666
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
228 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 228 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1666 as it looked roughly 228 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 451Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 507Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 449Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 1687Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 501Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 444Spiral6.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 507Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 449Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 1687Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 501Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 444Spiral6.7 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).