NGC 166
NGC 166
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
281 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 281 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 166 as it looked roughly 281 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 23Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartIC 18Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 155Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 163Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 165Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 56Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 18Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 155Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 163Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 165Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 56Spiral19 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).