NGC 4248 is located about 24 million light-years away.<ref>{{cite web|title=A cosmic atlas|url=https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1730a/|website=Hubble Space Telescope|publisher=European Space Agency|access-date=24 July 2017|date=24 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731061118/https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1730a/|archive-date=2017-07-31}}</ref>