NGC 3118
NGC 3118
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
62 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 62 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3118 as it looked roughly 62 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 2964Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 2524Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3254Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3067Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3245ABarred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 3245Lenticular6.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2524Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3254Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3067Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3245ABarred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 3245Lenticular6.8 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).