NGC 1008
NGC 1008
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
308 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 308 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1008 as it looked roughly 308 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 1016Elliptical1.2 million ly
apartIC 246Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 1004Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartIC 244Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 231Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1836Galaxy14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 246Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 1004Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartIC 244Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 231Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1836Galaxy14 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).