IC 4508
IC 4508
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
630 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
139k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 630 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4508 as it looked roughly 630 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 4485Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 4479Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 4477Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 4398Barred spiral84 million ly
apartIC 4526Spiral100 million ly
apartNGC 5441Barred spiral110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4479Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 4477Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 4398Barred spiral84 million ly
apartIC 4526Spiral100 million ly
apartNGC 5441Barred spiral110 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).