IC 669
IC 669
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
407 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 407 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 669 as it looked roughly 407 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 670Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartIC 2637Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 2634Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 2741Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 3601Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 3685Elliptical40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2637Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 2634Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 2741Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 3601Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 3685Elliptical40 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).