IC 4968
IC 4968
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
162 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 162 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4968 as it looked roughly 162 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 4934Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4938Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 5023Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4960Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 4939Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4962Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4938Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 5023Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4960Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 4939Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4962Barred spiral18 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).