NGC 1618
NGC 1618
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
233 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
145k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 233 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1618 as it looked roughly 233 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 1612Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1622Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1601Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1625Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1606Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1603Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1622Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1601Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1625Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1606Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1603Lenticular12 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).