IC 4908
IC 4908
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
252 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 252 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4908 as it looked roughly 252 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 4890Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 4880Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 6854Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 4878Galaxy17 million ly
apartIC 4879Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4876Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4880Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 6854Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 4878Galaxy17 million ly
apartIC 4879Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4876Spiral20 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).