NGC 967
NGC 967
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
399 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
172k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 399 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 967 as it looked roughly 399 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 1092Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 1091Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 1089Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 1120Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 1075Lenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 1105Barred spiral39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1091Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 1089Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 1120Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 1075Lenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 1105Barred spiral39 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).