NGC 1567
NGC 1567
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
212 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 212 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1567 as it looked roughly 212 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 1595Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1558Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1570Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1616Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1680Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2068Lenticular23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1558Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1570Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1616Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1680Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2068Lenticular23 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).