IC 38
IC 38
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
784 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
176k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 784 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 38 as it looked roughly 784 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 42Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 37Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 60Spiral67 million ly
apartNGC 333BLenticular68 million ly
apartIC 1602Elliptical95 million ly
apartIC 80 NED02Elliptical100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 37Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 60Spiral67 million ly
apartNGC 333BLenticular68 million ly
apartIC 1602Elliptical95 million ly
apartIC 80 NED02Elliptical100 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).