NGC 5967
NGC 5967
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
135 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 135 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5967 as it looked roughly 135 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 5967ASpiral5.5 million ly
apartIC 4522Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 4608Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 4555Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4618Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5833Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4522Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 4608Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 4555Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4618Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5833Barred spiral11 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).