NGC 4268
NGC 4268
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
93 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 93 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4268 as it looked roughly 93 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 4255Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 4197Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4269Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4234Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4215Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4287Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4197Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4269Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4234Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4215Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4287Barred spiral6.5 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).