NGC 4408
NGC 4408
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
350 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 350 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4408 as it looked roughly 350 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 3193Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 3212Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 4475Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 3262Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 3367 NED01Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartIC 3263Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3212Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 4475Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 3262Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 3367 NED01Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartIC 3263Barred spiral13 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).