NGC 968
NGC 968
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
175 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 175 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 968 as it looked roughly 175 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 1050Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 1061Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 890Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 995Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 1122Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 1086Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1061Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 890Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 995Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 1122Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 1086Spiral26 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).