NGC 2388
NGC 2388
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
182 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 182 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2388 as it looked roughly 182 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 2389Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 2379Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 2415Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 2385Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2435Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2445Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2379Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 2415Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 2385Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2435Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2445Spiral21 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).