IC 662
IC 662
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
546 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 546 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 662 as it looked roughly 546 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 661Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 649 NED01Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 649 NED02Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 671Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 660Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 655Barred spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 649 NED01Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 649 NED02Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 671Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 660Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 655Barred spiral35 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).