IC 4108
IC 4108
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
519 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 519 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4108 as it looked roughly 519 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 4118Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 4103Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 4127Spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 4065Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4056Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4073Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4103Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 4127Spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 4065Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4056Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4073Spiral14 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).