NGC 7068
NGC 7068
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
242 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 242 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7068 as it looked roughly 242 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 7042Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7043Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7015Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 1359Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 7025Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7102Barred spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7043Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7015Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 1359Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 7025Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7102Barred spiral28 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).