NGC 6660
NGC 6660
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
198 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 198 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6660 as it looked roughly 198 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 6641Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 6658Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6680Galaxy10 million ly
apartNGC 6628Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 6581Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 6697Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6658Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6680Galaxy10 million ly
apartNGC 6628Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 6581Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 6697Elliptical24 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).