NGC 5438
NGC 5438
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
324 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 324 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5438 as it looked roughly 324 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 5437Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 5482Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5436Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5463Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5405Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5456Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5482Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5436Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5463Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5405Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5456Lenticular16 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).