NGC 6867
NGC 6867
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
207 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 207 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6867 as it looked roughly 207 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
IC 4978Galaxy3.5 million ly
apartIC 4950Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 6855Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6848Spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 4952Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartIC 4963Spiral7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4950Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 6855Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6848Spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 4952Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartIC 4963Spiral7.9 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).