IC 1718
IC 1718
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
212 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 212 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1718 as it looked roughly 212 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 587Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 561Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 571Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 591Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 582Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 669Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 561Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 571Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 591Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 582Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 669Spiral11 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).