IC 1818
IC 1818
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
212 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 212 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1818 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 981Spiral1.1 million ly
apartNGC 977Spiral1.5 million ly
apartNGC 948Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 945Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 1045Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 1006Spiral7.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 977Spiral1.5 million ly
apartNGC 948Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 945Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 1045Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 1006Spiral7.6 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).