NGC 3438
NGC 3438
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E?
302 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 302 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3438 as it looked roughly 302 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 3417Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3425Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3427Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3436Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3491Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3506Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3425Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3427Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3436Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3491Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3506Spiral15 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).