NGC 667
NGC 667
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
560 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 560 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 667 as it looked roughly 560 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 734Barred spiral62 million ly
apartIC 1745Lenticular64 million ly
apartNGC 858Spiral69 million ly
apartNGC 648Elliptical75 million ly
apartNGC 878Spiral76 million ly
apartIC 141Barred spiral85 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1745Lenticular64 million ly
apartNGC 858Spiral69 million ly
apartNGC 648Elliptical75 million ly
apartNGC 878Spiral76 million ly
apartIC 141Barred spiral85 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).