IC 1038
IC 1038
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
404 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 404 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1038 as it looked roughly 404 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 5747 NED01Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5736Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5747 NED02Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1040Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1044Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 1035Elliptical27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5736Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5747 NED02Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1040Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1044Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 1035Elliptical27 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).