NGC 1660
NGC 1660
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
292 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 292 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1660 as it looked roughly 292 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 1572Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2036Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 1658Barred spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 1687Spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 1578Spiral54 million ly
apartNGC 1598Barred spiral60 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2036Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 1658Barred spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 1687Spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 1578Spiral54 million ly
apartNGC 1598Barred spiral60 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).