NGC 2268
NGC 2268
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
104 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 104 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2268 as it looked roughly 104 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
IC 469Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2336Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 467Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2300Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1184Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 455Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2336Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 467Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2300Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1184Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 455Lenticular16 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).