NGC 6467
NGC 6467
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
141 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 141 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6467 as it looked roughly 141 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 6430Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 6500Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 6501Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 6495Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6490Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 6458Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6500Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 6501Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 6495Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6490Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 6458Lenticular11 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).