NGC 7738
NGC 7738
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
316 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 316 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7738 as it looked roughly 316 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 7739Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7746Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 5352Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 7787Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 5357Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 1515Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7746Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 5352Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 7787Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 5357Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 1515Barred spiral19 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).