NGC 2718
NGC 2718
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
179 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 179 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2718 as it looked roughly 179 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 2729Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 2723Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2426Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2713Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2765Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2716Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2723Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2426Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2713Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2765Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2716Lenticular14 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).