NGC 4938
NGC 4938
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
385 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 385 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4938 as it looked roughly 385 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 4837 NED01Irregular26 million ly
apartNGC 4837 NED02Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 4977Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 4974Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 4998Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 4967Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4837 NED02Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 4977Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 4974Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 4998Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 4967Elliptical33 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).