IC 118
IC 118
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
651 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
136k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 651 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 118 as it looked roughly 651 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 480Spiral76 million ly
apartNGC 647Lenticular85 million ly
apartIC 145Barred spiral88 million ly
apartNGC 758Lenticular91 million ly
apartIC 87Barred spiral92 million ly
apartIC 95Galaxy92 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 647Lenticular85 million ly
apartIC 145Barred spiral88 million ly
apartNGC 758Lenticular91 million ly
apartIC 87Barred spiral92 million ly
apartIC 95Galaxy92 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).