NGC 568
NGC 568
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
263 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
156k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 263 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 568 as it looked roughly 263 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 574Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 526BLenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 526ALenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 527BBarred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 527Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 534Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 526BLenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 526ALenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 527BBarred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 527Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 534Lenticular14 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).