NGC 67
NGC 67
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
293 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
16.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 293 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 67 as it looked roughly 293 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 112Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 140Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 69Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 71Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 72AElliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 68Elliptical25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 140Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 69Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 71Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 72AElliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 68Elliptical25 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).