NGC 838
NGC 838
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
179 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 179 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 838 as it looked roughly 179 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 833Spiral360,000 ly
apartNGC 839Lenticular1.1 million ly
apartNGC 806Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 830Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 879Irregular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 842Lenticular7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 839Lenticular1.1 million ly
apartNGC 806Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 830Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 879Irregular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 842Lenticular7.9 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).