NGC 4967
NGC 4967
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
413 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
138k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 413 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4967 as it looked roughly 413 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 4973Elliptical1.8 million ly
apartNGC 4974Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartNGC 5001Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 4998Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5163Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 5201Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4974Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartNGC 5001Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 4998Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5163Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 5201Barred spiral26 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).