NGC 1067
NGC 1067
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
211 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 211 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1067 as it looked roughly 211 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 1066Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 987Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 978BLenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 969Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 974Spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 1815Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 987Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 978BLenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 969Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 974Spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 1815Lenticular11 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).