NGC 4608
NGC 4608
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
84 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
11.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 84 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4608 as it looked roughly 84 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 4623Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartIC 3719Irregular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4482Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4640Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartIC 3383Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartIC 3586Lenticular4.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3719Irregular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4482Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4640Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartIC 3383Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartIC 3586Lenticular4.7 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).