IC 968 NED02
IC 968 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
353 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 353 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 968 NED02 as it looked roughly 353 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 5400Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5392Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 969Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5478Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 968 NED01Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 5345Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5392Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 969Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5478Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 968 NED01Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 5345Spiral20 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).