IC 467
IC 467
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
96 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 96 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 467 as it looked roughly 96 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 2336Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 2732Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartIC 469Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 2300Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2268Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 455Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2732Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartIC 469Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 2300Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2268Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 455Lenticular12 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).