NGC 3667
NGC 3667
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
249 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
152k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 249 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3667 as it looked roughly 249 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 679Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3667ABarred spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 681Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3704Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3591Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3707Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3667ABarred spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 681Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3704Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3591Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3707Elliptical12 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).