NGC 1661
NGC 1661
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
415 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
139k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 415 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1661 as it looked roughly 415 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 1690Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 379Spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 1575Spiral73 million ly
apartIC 378Elliptical80 million ly
apartIC 370Spiral84 million ly
apartIC 377Elliptical85 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 379Spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 1575Spiral73 million ly
apartIC 378Elliptical80 million ly
apartIC 370Spiral84 million ly
apartIC 377Elliptical85 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).