NGC 167
NGC 167
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
179 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 179 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 167 as it looked roughly 179 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 168Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 177Spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 1562Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 1561Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 171Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1601Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 177Spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 1562Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 1561Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 171Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1601Barred spiral16 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).