IC 676
IC 676
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
66 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 66 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 676 as it looked roughly 66 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 3526Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 3524Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3664Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3485Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 2781Irregular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3640Elliptical8.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3524Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3664Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3485Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 2781Irregular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3640Elliptical8.1 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).