NGC 669
NGC 669
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
215 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
147k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 215 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 669 as it looked roughly 215 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 700Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 668Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 704BElliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 705Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 666Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 759Elliptical8.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 668Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 704BElliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 705Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 666Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 759Elliptical8.9 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).