NGC 2518
NGC 2518
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
245 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 245 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2518 as it looked roughly 245 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 2474Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 2475Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2429ALenticular19 million ly
apartIC 471Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 472Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2431Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2475Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2429ALenticular19 million ly
apartIC 471Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 472Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2431Barred spiral26 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).