NGC 4108
NGC 4108
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
117 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 117 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4108 as it looked roughly 117 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 4108BSpiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4256Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4034Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 4512Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 4128Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4441Lenticular9.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4256Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4034Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 4512Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 4128Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4441Lenticular9.6 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).