IC 66
IC 66
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
224 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 224 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 66 as it looked roughly 224 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 338Spiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 387Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartIC 1618Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 295Galaxy8.8 million ly
apartIC 69Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 385Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 387Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartIC 1618Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 295Galaxy8.8 million ly
apartIC 69Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 385Elliptical11 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).