NGC 338
NGC 338
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
223 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 223 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 338 as it looked roughly 223 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 66Spiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 295Galaxy7.8 million ly
apartIC 1618Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 387Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartIC 1619Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 266Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 295Galaxy7.8 million ly
apartIC 1618Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 387Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartIC 1619Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 266Spiral11 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).