NGC 7838
NGC 7838
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
540 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
204k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 540 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7838 as it looked roughly 540 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 7835Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7837Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 1518Lenticular45 million ly
apartIC 1549Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 141Lenticular66 million ly
apartNGC 138Spiral66 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7837Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 1518Lenticular45 million ly
apartIC 1549Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 141Lenticular66 million ly
apartNGC 138Spiral66 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).