NGC 1669
NGC 1669
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
262 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 262 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1669 as it looked roughly 262 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 1526Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1503Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 1490Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 1534Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 1796BBarred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 1529Lenticular30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1503Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 1490Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 1534Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 1796BBarred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 1529Lenticular30 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).