NGC 6438A
NGC 6438A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
107 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 107 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6438A as it looked roughly 107 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 6438Lenticular12 million ly
apartPolarissima AustralisSpiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2573BIrregular14 million ly
apartNGC 7095Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6920Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 4545Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartPolarissima AustralisSpiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2573BIrregular14 million ly
apartNGC 7095Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6920Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 4545Spiral22 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).