NGC 664
NGC 664
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
253 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 253 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 664 as it looked roughly 253 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 1726Galaxy2.7 million ly
apartIC 150Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 631Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 174Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 741Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 652Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 150Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 631Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 174Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 741Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 652Spiral18 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).