IC 1438
IC 1438
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
122 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 122 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1438 as it looked roughly 122 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 7254Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 7184Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 7183Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 7247Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 1445Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 7167Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7184Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 7183Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 7247Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 1445Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 7167Barred spiral11 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).