NGC 3818
NGC 3818
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
77 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 77 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3818 as it looked roughly 77 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 3915Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartIC 2969Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 3952Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3732Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3779Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 688Spiral8.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2969Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 3952Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3732Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3779Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 688Spiral8.0 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).