NGC 768
NGC 768
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
326 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
148k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 326 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 768 as it looked roughly 326 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 1761Lenticular1,000,000 ly
apartIC 1756Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 194Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 197Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 218Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 831Spiral37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1756Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 194Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 197Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 218Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 831Spiral37 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).