NGC 3468
NGC 3468
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
350 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
153k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 350 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3468 as it looked roughly 350 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 3374Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 2606Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 674Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3334Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 3569Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 3614ASpiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2606Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 674Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3334Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 3569Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 3614ASpiral38 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).