NGC 1068
M77 · NGC 1068
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
53 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
9.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 53 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1068 as it looked roughly 53 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 1073Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 936Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 1055Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 1035Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 961Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 1110Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 936Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 1055Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 1035Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 961Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 1110Barred spiral12 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).