NGC 1538
NGC 1538
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
375 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 375 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1538 as it looked roughly 375 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 362Elliptical44 million ly
apartIC 2045Elliptical49 million ly
apartNGC 1561Elliptical50 million ly
apartNGC 1509Spiral51 million ly
apartIC 378Elliptical53 million ly
apartNGC 1583Elliptical54 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2045Elliptical49 million ly
apartNGC 1561Elliptical50 million ly
apartNGC 1509Spiral51 million ly
apartIC 378Elliptical53 million ly
apartNGC 1583Elliptical54 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).