NGC 1038
NGC 1038
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
283 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 283 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1038 as it looked roughly 283 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 1827Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1009Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 237Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1021Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 234Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 232Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1009Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 237Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1021Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 234Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 232Elliptical17 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).