IC 3508
IC 3508
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
365 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 365 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3508 as it looked roughly 365 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 3561Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4558Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4559BBarred spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 3614Spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 3640Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartIC 3367 NED01Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4558Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4559BBarred spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 3614Spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 3640Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartIC 3367 NED01Elliptical12 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).