NGC 1568
NGC 1568
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
221 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 221 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1568 as it looked roughly 221 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 1576Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1552Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1625Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1622Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1541Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1600Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1552Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1625Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1622Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1541Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1600Elliptical18 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).