NGC 6667
NGC 6667
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
120 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 120 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6667 as it looked roughly 120 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 6434Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6869Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 6911Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6762Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 6796Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6757Lenticular29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6869Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 6911Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6762Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 6796Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6757Lenticular29 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).