NGC 4108A
NGC 4108A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
106 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 106 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4108A as it looked roughly 106 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 4128Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4120Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4513Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4121Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4034Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4481Spiral8.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4120Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4513Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4121Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4034Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4481Spiral8.2 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).