NGC 68
NGC 68
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
267 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 267 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 68 as it looked roughly 267 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 181Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 67Galaxy25 million ly
apartNGC 183Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 233Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 112Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1540Barred spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 67Galaxy25 million ly
apartNGC 183Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 233Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 112Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1540Barred spiral30 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).