IC 2968
IC 2968
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
307 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 307 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2968 as it looked roughly 307 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 3937Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3943Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3946Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3940Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartIC 742Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3862Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3943Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3946Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3940Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartIC 742Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3862Elliptical12 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).