NGC 5667
NGC 5667
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
92 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 92 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5667 as it looked roughly 92 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 5678Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 5631Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5526Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5376Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 5777Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5473Elliptical9.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5631Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5526Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5376Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 5777Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5473Elliptical9.2 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).