NGC 318
NGC 318
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
245 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 245 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 318 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 311Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 296Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 69Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 382Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 399Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 383Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 296Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 69Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 382Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 399Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 383Elliptical14 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).