NGC 468
NGC 468
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
236 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 236 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 468 as it looked roughly 236 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 1673Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartIC 1688Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartIC 1691Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 515Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 553Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartIC 1687Lenticular6.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1688Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartIC 1691Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 515Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 553Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartIC 1687Lenticular6.3 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).