NGC 3660
NGC 3660
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
172 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 172 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3660 as it looked roughly 172 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 3711Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3942Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 741Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 743Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 3836 NED02Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 673Spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3942Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 741Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 743Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 3836 NED02Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 673Spiral29 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).