NGC 665
NGC 665
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
253 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 253 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 665 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 156Spiral2.4 million ly
apartIC 161Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartIC 154Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 1723Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 683Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 671Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 161Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartIC 154Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 1723Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 683Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 671Spiral13 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).