NGC 1368
NGC 1368
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
448 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
150k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 448 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1368 as it looked roughly 448 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 1372Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1413Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 328Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 327Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 321Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 318Spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1413Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 328Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 327Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 321Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 318Spiral34 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).