NGC 4908
NGC 4908
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
232 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 232 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4908 as it looked roughly 232 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 4867Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartIC 3973Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4738Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4894Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 4931Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 4865Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3973Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4738Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4894Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 4931Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 4865Elliptical19 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).