IC 2068
IC 2068
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
214 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 214 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2068 as it looked roughly 214 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 1585Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1616Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 1570Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 1558Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1595Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 1567Elliptical23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1616Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 1570Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 1558Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1595Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 1567Elliptical23 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).