IC 4438
IC 4438
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
745 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 745 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4438 as it looked roughly 745 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
IC 4440Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartIC 4417Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 4419Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4433Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4434Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 4410Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4417Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 4419Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4433Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4434Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 4410Barred spiral20 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).