NGC 938
NGC 938
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
191 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 191 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 938 as it looked roughly 191 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 932Spiral540,000 ly
apartIC 1801Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartIC 1797Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 935Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 992Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 976Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1801Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartIC 1797Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 935Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 992Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 976Barred spiral7.8 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).