NGC 4108B
NGC 4108B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
120 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 120 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4108B as it looked roughly 120 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 4108Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4256Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4210Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4441Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4512Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 4332Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4256Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4210Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4441Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4512Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 4332Barred spiral9.8 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).