NGC 2418
NGC 2418
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
237 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 237 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2418 as it looked roughly 237 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 2411Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartNGC 2454Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 2181Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 2416Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2376Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 2514Spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2454Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 2181Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 2416Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2376Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 2514Spiral29 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).