IC 4818
IC 4818
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
220 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 220 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4818 as it looked roughly 220 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 4848Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4835Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4806Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4783Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4786Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4734Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4835Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4806Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4783Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4786Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4734Barred spiral17 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).