NGC 438
NGC 438
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
161 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 161 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 438 as it looked roughly 161 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 424Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 324Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1608Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 491ASpiral14 million ly
apartIC 1657Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 491Barred spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 324Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1608Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 491ASpiral14 million ly
apartIC 1657Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 491Barred spiral23 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).