IC 967
IC 967
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
177 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 177 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 967 as it looked roughly 177 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 5505Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 5414Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 5172Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 987Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 5190Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 5386Lenticular35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5414Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 5172Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 987Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 5190Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 5386Lenticular35 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).