NGC 6438
NGC 6438
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
119 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 119 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6438 as it looked roughly 119 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 2573BIrregular9.1 million ly
apartPolarissima AustralisSpiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6438AIrregular12 million ly
apartIC 4545Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7095Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4333Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartPolarissima AustralisSpiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6438AIrregular12 million ly
apartIC 4545Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7095Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4333Lenticular14 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).