NGC 3418
NGC 3418
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
59 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
19k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 59 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3418 as it looked roughly 59 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 3451Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3437Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3512Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3245Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3254Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3400Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3437Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3512Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3245Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3254Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3400Barred spiral7.3 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).