NGC 2468
NGC 2468
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
412 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
181k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 412 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2468 as it looked roughly 412 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 2462Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 2488Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2463Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 2497Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 2505Barred spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 2456Elliptical59 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2488Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2463Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 2497Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 2505Barred spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 2456Elliptical59 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).