NGC 38
NGC 38
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
374 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 374 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 38 as it looked roughly 374 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 61BLenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 61ALenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 64Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 116Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 1521Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 7783 NED02Elliptical48 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 61ALenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 64Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 116Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 1521Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 7783 NED02Elliptical48 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).