NGC 4538
NGC 4538
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
218 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 218 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4538 as it looked roughly 218 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 4496BBarred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4334Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 3134Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 4576Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 4063Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 812Lenticular34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4334Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 3134Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 4576Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 4063Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 812Lenticular34 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).