NGC 708
NGC 708
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
227 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
169k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 227 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 708 as it looked roughly 227 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 1732Lenticular1.8 million ly
apartNGC 753Spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 178Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 704BElliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 717Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 679Elliptical9.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 753Spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 178Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 704BElliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 717Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 679Elliptical9.2 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).