NGC 1667
galaxy
NGC 1667, also catalogued as NGC 1689, is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Eridanus. It is located at a distance of about 150 million light years from Earth based on redshift-independent methods, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 1667 is about 80,000 light years across. Based on its redshift, the galaxy sits roughly 200 million light years away from the Sun. It was discovered by Édouard Stephan on December 13, 1884, and independently by Lewis Swift on October 22,…