IC 2668
IC 2668
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
226 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 226 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2668 as it looked roughly 226 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 3693Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3663Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3667ABarred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 665Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 706Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 3546Elliptical20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3663Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3667ABarred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 665Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 706Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 3546Elliptical20 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).