IC 318
IC 318
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
428 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
134k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 428 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 318 as it looked roughly 428 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
IC 321Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 1263Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1296Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 327Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 328Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 306Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1263Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1296Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 327Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 328Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 306Spiral26 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).