IC 838
IC 838
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
964 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
188k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 964 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 838 as it looked roughly 964 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 4124Elliptical67 million ly
apartIC 3958Elliptical73 million ly
apartIC 3817Barred spiral76 million ly
apartIC 3994Barred spiral78 million ly
apartIC 4096Elliptical86 million ly
apartIC 4099Elliptical87 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3958Elliptical73 million ly
apartIC 3817Barred spiral76 million ly
apartIC 3994Barred spiral78 million ly
apartIC 4096Elliptical86 million ly
apartIC 4099Elliptical87 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).