IC 3238
IC 3238
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
593 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 593 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3238 as it looked roughly 593 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 3244Spiral770,000 ly
apartIC 3109Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 3327Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 3173Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 3340Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 3574Elliptical47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3109Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 3327Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 3173Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 3340Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 3574Elliptical47 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).