NGC 268
NGC 268
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
257 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 257 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 268 as it looked roughly 257 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 325Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 327Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 293Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1575Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 347Galaxy15 million ly
apartNGC 329Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 327Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 293Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1575Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 347Galaxy15 million ly
apartNGC 329Barred spiral15 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).