NGC 2918
NGC 2918
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
315 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
143k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 315 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2918 as it looked roughly 315 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 2944 NED01Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 2832Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 2834Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 2796Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2827Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2971Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2832Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 2834Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 2796Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2827Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2971Barred 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).