NGC 3318B
NGC 3318B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
129 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 129 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3318B as it looked roughly 129 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 3318Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 3250ESpiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3244Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3250Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3256Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3256BBarred spiral7.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3250ESpiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3244Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3250Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3256Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3256BBarred spiral7.6 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).