NGC 4168
NGC 4168
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
106 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 106 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4168 as it looked roughly 106 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 3061Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4200Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartIC 769Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 3099Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4351Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 3063Spiral7.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4200Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartIC 769Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 3099Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4351Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 3063Spiral7.1 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).