IC 238
IC 238
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
280 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 280 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 238 as it looked roughly 280 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 975Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1046Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1044 NED01Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 1842Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1847Galaxy25 million ly
apartNGC 997 NED02Elliptical36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1046Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1044 NED01Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 1842Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1847Galaxy25 million ly
apartNGC 997 NED02Elliptical36 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).