NGC 5638
NGC 5638
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
78 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
11.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 78 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5638 as it looked roughly 78 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 5636Lenticular340,000 ly
apartIC 1022Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 5690Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 5574Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 5692Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 5725Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1022Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 5690Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 5574Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 5692Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 5725Barred spiral4.4 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).