IC 267
IC 267
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
166 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 166 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 267 as it looked roughly 166 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 1134Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 1029Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1024Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 990Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 1107Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 1790Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1029Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1024Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 990Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 1107Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 1790Spiral27 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).