NGC 4638
NGC 4638
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
53 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
11.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 53 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4638 as it looked roughly 53 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 3684Elliptical1.1 million ly
apartNGC 4620Lenticular1.4 million ly
apartNGC 4564Elliptical1.4 million ly
apartIC 3779Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartIC 3583Irregular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4694Lenticular2.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4620Lenticular1.4 million ly
apartNGC 4564Elliptical1.4 million ly
apartIC 3779Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartIC 3583Irregular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4694Lenticular2.3 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).