NGC 467
NGC 467
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
256 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 256 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 467 as it looked roughly 256 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 446Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 533Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 479Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 455Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 437Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 430Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 533Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 479Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 455Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 437Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 430Elliptical18 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).