NGC 4660
NGC 4660
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
51 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
31k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 51 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4660 as it looked roughly 51 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
IC 3727Spiral300,000 ly
apartIC 3775Spiral810,000 ly
apartIC 3773Elliptical1.2 million ly
apartNGC 4639Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4638Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 4654Spiral2.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3775Spiral810,000 ly
apartIC 3773Elliptical1.2 million ly
apartNGC 4639Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4638Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 4654Spiral2.6 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).