IC 666
IC 666
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
589 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 589 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 666 as it looked roughly 589 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 2628Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2639Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 2638Lenticular36 million ly
apartIC 2649Elliptical39 million ly
apartIC 2713Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 2720Elliptical58 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2639Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 2638Lenticular36 million ly
apartIC 2649Elliptical39 million ly
apartIC 2713Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 2720Elliptical58 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).