NGC 1467
NGC 1467
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
315 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 315 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1467 as it looked roughly 315 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 1470Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1423Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 1328Lenticular50 million ly
apartIC 368Lenticular51 million ly
apartNGC 1308Lenticular53 million ly
apartNGC 1322Elliptical54 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1423Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 1328Lenticular50 million ly
apartIC 368Lenticular51 million ly
apartNGC 1308Lenticular53 million ly
apartNGC 1322Elliptical54 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).