NGC 3638
NGC 3638
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
330 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
154k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 330 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3638 as it looked roughly 330 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 3635Spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 690Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3702Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3688Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3775Lenticular34 million ly
apartIC 695Spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 690Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3702Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3688Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3775Lenticular34 million ly
apartIC 695Spiral34 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).