NGC 2667
NGC 2667
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
187 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 187 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2667 as it looked roughly 187 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 2673Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 2624Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 2677Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2730Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2672Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2747Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2624Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 2677Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2730Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2672Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2747Lenticular16 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).