NGC 1118
NGC 1118
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
196 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 196 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1118 as it looked roughly 196 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 1103Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 1853Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1083Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1200Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 1081Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1204Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1853Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1083Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1200Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 1081Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1204Lenticular14 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).