NGC 3666
NGC 3666
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
49 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 49 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3666 as it looked roughly 49 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 2767Spiral1.9 million ly
apartIC 2828Irregular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 3705Spiral3.3 million ly
apartIC 2782Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3810Spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 692Elliptical4.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2828Irregular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 3705Spiral3.3 million ly
apartIC 2782Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3810Spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 692Elliptical4.8 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).