NGC 661
NGC 661
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
179 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 179 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 661 as it looked roughly 179 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 670Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 656Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 684Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1731Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1725Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1684Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 656Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 684Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1731Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1725Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1684Lenticular22 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).