IC 167
IC 167
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
137 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 137 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 167 as it looked roughly 137 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 694Lenticular600,000 ly
apartIC 1730Spiral870,000 ly
apartNGC 680Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 678Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 674Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 163Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1730Spiral870,000 ly
apartNGC 680Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 678Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 674Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 163Barred spiral8.5 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).