NGC 1268
NGC 1268
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
150 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 150 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1268 as it looked roughly 150 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 1264Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 292Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 316 NED02Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 316 NED01Galaxy12 million ly
apartNGC 1213Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1171Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 292Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 316 NED02Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 316 NED01Galaxy12 million ly
apartNGC 1213Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1171Spiral23 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).