NGC 1667
NGC 1667
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
212 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 212 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1667 as it looked roughly 212 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 2101Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 1659Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 387Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 388 NED02Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartIC 390Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartIC 384Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1659Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 387Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 388 NED02Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartIC 390Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartIC 384Elliptical12 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).