NGC 6068
NGC 6068
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
184 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 184 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6068 as it looked roughly 184 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 6068ALenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 6232Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1110Spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 6135Galaxy46 million ly
apartNGC 6324Barred spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 5144 NED02Spiral53 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6232Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1110Spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 6135Galaxy46 million ly
apartNGC 6324Barred spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 5144 NED02Spiral53 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).