IC 4660
IC 4660
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
59 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
22k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 59 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4660 as it looked roughly 59 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 6412Spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 1254Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 6340Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartIC 1251Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 6538Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 6236Spiral6.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1254Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 6340Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartIC 1251Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 6538Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 6236Spiral6.0 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).