NGC 7667
NGC 7667
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sm
127 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 127 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7667 as it looked roughly 127 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 7716Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 7715Irregular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7693Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7714Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7710Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7541Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7715Irregular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7693Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7714Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7710Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7541Barred spiral13 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).