NGC 867
NGC 867
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
299 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 299 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 867 as it looked roughly 299 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
IC 218Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 926Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 934Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 232Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 197Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 194Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 926Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 934Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 232Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 197Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 194Barred spiral20 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).