NGC 1168
NGC 1168
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
355 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 355 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1168 as it looked roughly 355 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 1166Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 1117Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1236Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 1867Galaxy18 million ly
apartNGC 1116Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1863Lenticular21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1117Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1236Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 1867Galaxy18 million ly
apartNGC 1116Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1863Lenticular21 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).