NGC 238
NGC 238
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
407 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
239k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 407 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 238 as it looked roughly 407 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 1594Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 348Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1617Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 312Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 159Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 212Elliptical45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 348Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1617Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 312Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 159Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 212Elliptical45 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).