IC 4808
IC 4808
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
239 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
157k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 239 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4808 as it looked roughly 239 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 6768Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 4761Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 4874Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 6761Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 4873Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 4777Lenticular40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4761Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 4874Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 6761Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 4873Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 4777Lenticular40 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).