NGC 4388
NGC 4388
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
120 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
187k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 120 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4388 as it looked roughly 120 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
IC 3475Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4193Spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 3021Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 3305Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartIC 3063Spiral8.7 million ly
apartComa PinwheelSpiral8.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4193Spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 3021Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 3305Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartIC 3063Spiral8.7 million ly
apartComa PinwheelSpiral8.8 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).