NGC 670
NGC 670
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
174 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 174 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 670 as it looked roughly 174 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 661Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 684Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 656Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1731Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1725Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 709Elliptical26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 684Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 656Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1731Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1725Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 709Elliptical26 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).