NGC 666
NGC 666
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
222 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 222 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 666 as it looked roughly 222 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 669Spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 1732Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 634Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 704BElliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 708Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 735Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1732Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 634Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 704BElliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 708Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 735Barred spiral11 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).