NGC 868
NGC 868
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
374 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 374 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 868 as it looked roughly 374 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 863Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 850Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 205Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 172Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 233Barred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 1072Spiral45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 850Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 205Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 172Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 233Barred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 1072Spiral45 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).