NGC 7468
NGC 7468
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
98 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
23k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 98 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7468 as it looked roughly 98 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 7464Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 7454Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 7437Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 7448Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 7465Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 7479Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7454Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 7437Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 7448Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 7465Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 7479Barred spiral15 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).