NGC 668
NGC 668
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
210 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 210 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 668 as it looked roughly 210 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 705Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 700Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 669Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 714Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 591Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 587Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 700Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 669Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 714Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 591Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 587Spiral11 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).