NGC 4838
NGC 4838
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
236 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 236 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4838 as it looked roughly 236 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 4836Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4847Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4877Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4855Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 4924Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 829Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4847Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4877Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4855Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 4924Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 829Lenticular12 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).