IC 1218
IC 1218
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
53 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
14k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 53 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1218 as it looked roughly 53 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 6395Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 1251Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6340Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 6236Spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 1254Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 4660Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1251Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6340Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 6236Spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 1254Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 4660Barred spiral10 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).