IC 508
IC 508
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
105 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
24k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 105 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 508 as it looked roughly 105 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 2271Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 2594Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 2361Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 2577Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartIC 2256Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 2608Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2594Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 2361Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 2577Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartIC 2256Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 2608Barred spiral8.6 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).