---
title: "ESO 468-012"
url: "https://spacecatalog.org/object/eso-468-012"
release: "DR1"
licence: "VizieR terms; cite Dalya+ 2022 (2022MNRAS.514.1403D)"
citation: "SpaceCatalog. ESO 468-012 [catalogue entry]. Data release DR1 (2026-08-21). https://spacecatalog.org/object/eso-468-012"
---

# ESO 468-012

ESO 468-012 is a [galaxy](https://spacecatalog.org/galaxies) in the constellation [Piscis Austrinus](https://spacecatalog.org/constellation/piscis-austrinus), 3.852 Gly from Earth, shining at apparent magnitude 16.16 (B).

## At a glance

- **WHAT IT IS:** Galaxy
- **HOW FAR:** 3.852 Gly — A luminosity distance, from its redshift — how faint it looks. The light itself left 2.81 billion years ago.
- **HOW BRIGHT (B):** 16.16 — Faint: it takes a large telescope.
- **WHERE TO LOOK:** [Piscis Austrinus](https://spacecatalog.org/constellation/piscis-austrinus) — The patch of sky it sits in, as seen from Earth.

## Properties

| Quantity | Value |
| --- | --- |
| CLASS | Galaxy |
| DISTANCE FROM EARTH | 3.852 Gly +0.78 / −0.75 — by luminosity distance from a photometric redshift (GLADE+), flat ΛCDM with H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc |
| APPARENT MAGNITUDE (B) | 16.16 |
| ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE (B) | −24.20 |
| CONSTELLATION | Piscis Austrinus |
| RIGHT ASCENSION (J2000) | 22h 33m 26.9s |
| DECLINATION (J2000) | −27° 31′ 47.1″ |

## Catalogue data

### HOW BRIGHT IT IS

What the light adds up to, measured through one filter at a time. A magnitude is a brightness on a backwards scale — the smaller the number, the brighter the object.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 16.16 |

### WHERE IT IS AND HOW IT MOVES

Position, motion across the sky and the size it covers on it. These are measurements of the object as seen from here, so every one of them depends on where here is.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Redshift (z) | 0.237765 |
| Redshift (z, CMB frame) | 0.236629 |

## Source

[GLADE+ (Galaxy List for the Advanced Detector Era)](https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/VII/291) — VizieR terms; cite Dalya+ 2022 (2022MNRAS.514.1403D)

The producer asks: Dálya et al. 2022, MNRAS 514, 1403 (2022MNRAS.514.1403D) — "Please cite this paper when using GLADE+ data" — via VizieR VII/291. This research has made use of the VizieR catalogue access tool, CDS, Strasbourg, France (DOI: 10.26093/cds/vizier). The original description of the VizieR service was published in 2000, A&AS 143, 23.

How this was made: https://spacecatalog.org/methods#source-glade-plus

## Cite this page

SpaceCatalog. ESO 468-012 \[catalogue entry\]. Data release DR1 (2026-08-21). https://spacecatalog.org/object/eso-468-012

```bibtex
@misc{spacecatalog_eso-468-012,
  author       = {{SpaceCatalog}},
  title        = {{ESO 468-012}},
  howpublished = {SpaceCatalog, data release DR1 (2026-08-21)},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://spacecatalog.org/object/eso-468-012},
  note         = {Catalogue entry, data release DR1 (2026-08-21). Values from GLADE+ (Galaxy List for the Advanced Detector Era).}
}
```

GLADE+ (Galaxy List for the Advanced Detector Era) — VizieR terms; cite Dalya+ 2022 (2022MNRAS.514.1403D)

Acknowledgement the producer asks for: Dálya et al. 2022, MNRAS 514, 1403 (2022MNRAS.514.1403D) — "Please cite this paper when using GLADE+ data" — via VizieR VII/291. This research has made use of the VizieR catalogue access tool, CDS, Strasbourg, France (DOI: 10.26093/cds/vizier). The original description of the VizieR service was published in 2000, A&AS 143, 23.

The page itself, with its pictures, the sky map and the observing tools: https://spacecatalog.org/object/eso-468-012