NGC 3238
NGC 3238
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
341 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 341 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3238 as it looked roughly 341 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 3214Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 3164Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3188Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3188ABarred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 3288Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 3284Elliptical41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3164Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3188Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3188ABarred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 3288Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 3284Elliptical41 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).