NGC 6967
NGC 6967
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
176 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 176 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6967 as it looked roughly 176 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 6964Elliptical1.2 million ly
apartNGC 6961Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 6959Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 6954Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 6945Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 1317Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6961Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 6959Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 6954Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 6945Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 1317Elliptical19 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).