NGC 168
NGC 168
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
180 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 180 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 168 as it looked roughly 180 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 177Spiral1.2 million ly
apartNGC 167Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 1561Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 1562Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 171Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 209Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 167Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 1561Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 1562Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 171Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 209Elliptical14 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).