IC 1068
IC 1068
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
391 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 391 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1068 as it looked roughly 391 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 5776Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 1071Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1070Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1073Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5765BSpiral16 million ly
apartIC 1054Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1071Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1070Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1073Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5765BSpiral16 million ly
apartIC 1054Lenticular18 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).