Jan 22, 2024 · This image shows the spiral galaxy IC 438, which lies about 130 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Lepus (the Hare). Lepus lies just south of the celestial equator (the ring around the middle of Earth that falls at right angles to its rotation axis).

Jan 2, 2025 · IC 438 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located 163 million light years away in the constellation of Lepus. It forms a gravitationally bound pair with the dwarf galaxy IC 2151 which is at the top right of this image.

Jan 22, 2024 · This Hubble image shows IC 438, a spiral galaxy some 130 million light-years away in the constellation of Lepus. The color image was made from separate exposures taken in the visible and near-infrared regions of the spectrum with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3).

IC 438 is a Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in the Lepus constellation. IC 438 is situated close to the celestial equator and, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year.

Jan 21, 2024 · This image shows the spiral galaxy IC 438, which lies about 130 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Lepus (the Hare). Lepus lies just south of the celestial equator (the ring around the middle of Earth that falls at right angles to its rotation axis).

Jan 26, 2024 · This image shows the spiral galaxy IC 438, which lies about 130 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Lepus (the Hare). Lepus lies just south of the celestial equator (the ring around the middle of Earth that falls at right angles to its rotation axis).

IC 438 falls approximately halfway between Arneb, the brightest star in Lepus, and brilliant Sirius in Canis Major to the east. At twelfth magnitude, IC 438 is extremely faint, but can be resolved to show an intricate spiral pattern with two distinct arms winding round each other as they extend from the core of the galaxy.

Jan 24, 2024 · The large spiral galaxy IC 438 is seen close-up in this Hubble Space Telescope image. The left side shows the galaxy's core and its tightly curled inner spiral arms.

Jan 26, 2024 · Alongside the relatively serene scene of NGC 3384 against a calm, dark backdrop, the European Space Agency (ESA) has showcased the spiral galaxy IC 438.

The Carnegie-Irvine Galaxy Survey (CGS) Data Products . Images • summary from image atlas • original FITS images (B, V, R, I) • color-composite image (original) • color-composite image (star-cleaned) • stacked image • structure maps (B, V, R, I) • color index maps (B-R, R-I) Radial Profiles