IC 1508
IC 1508
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
199 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 199 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1508 as it looked roughly 199 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 7711Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 7672Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7722Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 7691Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7703Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7653Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7672Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7722Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 7691Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7703Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7653Barred spiral21 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).