IC 4918
IC 4918
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
1.2 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
141k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.2 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 4918 as it looked roughly 1.2 billion 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 4897Barred spiral340 million ly
apartIC 4902Barred spiral420 million ly
apartIC 4965Lenticular420 million ly
apartNGC 6902ABarred spiral440 million ly
apartIC 5206Barred spiral460 million ly
apartIC 4905Spiral460 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4902Barred spiral420 million ly
apartIC 4965Lenticular420 million ly
apartNGC 6902ABarred spiral440 million ly
apartIC 5206Barred spiral460 million ly
apartIC 4905Spiral460 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).