IC 4708
IC 4708
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
383 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 383 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4708 as it looked roughly 383 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 6601Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartNGC 6597Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 6609Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 6592Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 6594Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 6521Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6597Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 6609Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 6592Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 6594Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 6521Elliptical17 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).