NGC 368
NGC 368
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
414 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 414 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 368 as it looked roughly 414 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 1631Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 1594Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 1603Spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 572Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 238Barred spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 334Barred spiral62 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1594Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 1603Spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 572Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 238Barred spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 334Barred spiral62 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).