NGC 2868
NGC 2868
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
528 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
175k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 528 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2868 as it looked roughly 528 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 579Barred spiral96 million ly
apartNGC 2952Spiral97 million ly
apartIC 589Elliptical110 million ly
apartIC 566Lenticular110 million ly
apartNGC 2956Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 542Lenticular110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2952Spiral97 million ly
apartIC 589Elliptical110 million ly
apartIC 566Lenticular110 million ly
apartNGC 2956Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 542Lenticular110 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).