NGC 1338
NGC 1338
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
116 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 116 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1338 as it looked roughly 116 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 1290Galaxy7.2 million ly
apartNGC 1231Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1299Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1189Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1209Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 1190Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1231Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1299Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1189Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1209Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 1190Lenticular16 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).