NGC 1108
NGC 1108
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
433 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 433 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1108 as it looked roughly 433 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 1069Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1064Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1082Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 1078Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1063Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1202Barred spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1064Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1082Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 1078Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1063Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1202Barred spiral33 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).