IC 3068
IC 3068
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
521 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
16.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 521 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3068 as it looked roughly 521 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 3128ASpiral23 million ly
apartNGC 4083Lenticular59 million ly
apartIC 2991Spiral59 million ly
apartIC 3153Barred spiral62 million ly
apartNGC 4453 NED01Barred spiral65 million ly
apartIC 3012Spiral70 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4083Lenticular59 million ly
apartIC 2991Spiral59 million ly
apartIC 3153Barred spiral62 million ly
apartNGC 4453 NED01Barred spiral65 million ly
apartIC 3012Spiral70 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).