How far away is the NGC 1566 galaxy from Earth?

What are light-years used for?

Question

How far away is the NGC 1566 galaxy from Earth?

What are light-years used for?

carry · Answer

Light years are the distance that light can travel in a year. As for the first question, I’m not sure.

Danyboo · Answer

@carry wrote:

Light years are the distance that light can travel in a year. As for the first question, I’m not sure.

Thxs love

kristen000021 · Answer

60 million light-years away (i think..idkk)
 
 expressing distances to stars and other distances on a galactic scale

Danyboo · Answer

@kristen000021 wrote:

60 million light-years away (i think..idkk) expressing distances to stars and other distances on a galactic scale

Thxs love

carry · Answer

@danyboo wrote:

@carry wrote:

Light years are the distance that light can travel in a year. As for the first question, I’m not sure.

Thxs love

Don’t call me love you poop I’m too cool for that

Gdub08 · Answer

Is lightyears how much light can travel in a year? I honestly don't know.

gelphielvr · Answer

I'm late but its 60 million light years away.

sllo · Answer

1 light-year ≈ 9.46 trillion kilometers (5.88 trillion miles), For example

The closest star system, Alpha Centauri, is about 4.37 light-years away.
Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is about 100,000 light-years in diameter.

Too answer your question, NGC 1566 is approximately 69 million light-years away from Earth.