NGC 3667A
NGC 3667A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
240 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 240 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3667A as it looked roughly 240 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 3663Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3693Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3667Spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 706Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 679Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3704Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3693Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3667Spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 706Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 679Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3704Elliptical14 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).