NGC 67

NGC 67
NGC 67 (red arrow) and NGC 67a to the right, within the NGC 68 group
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Andromeda
Right ascension	00h 18m 12.2s[1]
Declination	+30° 03′ 20″[1]
Redshift	0.020734[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	6216 km/s[1]
Distance	275,000,000 ly[2][3]
Group or cluster	NGC 68 group
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.2[3][4]
Characteristics
Type	E5[4]
Size	40,000[3]
Apparent size (V)	24" x 12"[4]
Other designations
PGC 138159[1]

NGC 67a
image of NGC 67a from the 2MASS survey
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Andromeda
Right ascension	00h 18m 14.8s[5]
Declination	+30° 03′ 47″
Redshift	0.022162[5]
Heliocentric radial velocity	6644 km/s[5]
Distance	300,000,000 ly[2]
Group or cluster	NGC 68 group
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.5
Characteristics
Type	E3
Size	35,000
Apparent size (V)	0.49′ × 0.331′[6]
Other designations
PGC 1185[5]

NGC 67 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda that was discovered on October 7, 1855, by R. J. Mitchell, who described it as "extremely faint, very small, round". The galaxy belongs to the NGC 68 group, which also contains the galaxies NGC 68, NGC 69, NGC 70, NGC 71, NGC 72, and possibly NGC 74.