NGC 4708
NGC 4708
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
192 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 192 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4708 as it looked roughly 192 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 4757Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4766Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4764Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 3826Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4748Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4783Elliptical8.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4766Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4764Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 3826Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4748Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4783Elliptical8.6 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).