NGC 4968
NGC 4968
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
139 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 139 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4968 as it looked roughly 139 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 4197Elliptical2.0 million ly
apartIC 4180Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4993Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 5022Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4970Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5018Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4180Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4993Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 5022Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4970Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5018Elliptical13 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).