IC 4608
IC 4608
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBm
137 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
34k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 137 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4608 as it looked roughly 137 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 4618Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 4633Spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 4635Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 5967Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5967ASpiral11 million ly
apartIC 4555Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4633Spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 4635Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 5967Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5967ASpiral11 million ly
apartIC 4555Barred spiral13 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).