NGC 6968
NGC 6968
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
287 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
165k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 287 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6968 as it looked roughly 287 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 6975Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6978Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6977Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1331Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1324Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 6985AGalaxy21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6978Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6977Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1331Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1324Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 6985AGalaxy21 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).