NGC 1638
NGC 1638
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
157 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 157 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1638 as it looked roughly 157 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 1635Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1620Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 1588Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1586Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2102Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1628Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1620Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 1588Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1586Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2102Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1628Barred spiral18 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).