IC 664
IC 664
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
473 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
257k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 473 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 664 as it looked roughly 473 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 3476Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3477Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3466Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 658Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 3490Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 663Elliptical32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3477Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3466Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 658Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 3490Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 663Elliptical32 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).