NGC 1508
NGC 1508
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E?
335 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 335 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1508 as it looked roughly 335 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 358Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 2016Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 357Barred spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 1497Lenticular51 million ly
apartNGC 1539Elliptical76 million ly
apartIC 2027Elliptical76 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2016Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 357Barred spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 1497Lenticular51 million ly
apartNGC 1539Elliptical76 million ly
apartIC 2027Elliptical76 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).