NGC 208
NGC 208
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
238 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 238 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 208 as it looked roughly 238 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 200Barred spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 194Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 182Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 203Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 198Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 223Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 194Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 182Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 203Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 198Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 223Lenticular14 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).