NGC 4666
NGC 4666
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
72 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
10.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 72 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4666 as it looked roughly 72 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 4684Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4668Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4517ASpiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4720Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4527Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 3474Spiral5.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4668Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4517ASpiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4720Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4527Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 3474Spiral5.9 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).