NGC 3068
NGC 3068
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
298 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 298 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3068 as it looked roughly 298 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 3071Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3116Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3106Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 2540Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 2519Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 2551Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3116Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3106Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 2540Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 2519Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 2551Spiral27 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).