NGC 2638
NGC 2638
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
179 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 179 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2638 as it looked roughly 179 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 2691Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2649Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2528Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2524Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 2493Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 2476Elliptical29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2649Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2528Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2524Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 2493Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 2476Elliptical29 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).