IC 108
IC 108
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
733 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
277k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 733 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 108 as it looked roughly 733 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 98Galaxy33 million ly
apartIC 99Spiral46 million ly
apartIC 147Spiral58 million ly
apartIC 80 NED02Elliptical69 million ly
apartIC 125Galaxy69 million ly
apartIC 158Galaxy99 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 99Spiral46 million ly
apartIC 147Spiral58 million ly
apartIC 80 NED02Elliptical69 million ly
apartIC 125Galaxy69 million ly
apartIC 158Galaxy99 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).