IC 1667
IC 1667
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
432 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 432 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1667 as it looked roughly 432 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 539Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 554ALenticular48 million ly
apartNGC 556Elliptical51 million ly
apartNGC 540Lenticular55 million ly
apartNGC 655Lenticular56 million ly
apartNGC 555Lenticular68 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 554ALenticular48 million ly
apartNGC 556Elliptical51 million ly
apartNGC 540Lenticular55 million ly
apartNGC 655Lenticular56 million ly
apartNGC 555Lenticular68 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).