NGC 66
NGC 66
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
354 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 354 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 66 as it looked roughly 354 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 65Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 142Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 143Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 144Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 7807Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 7821Spiral45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 142Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 143Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 144Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 7807Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 7821Spiral45 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).