NGC 4018
NGC 4018
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
209 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 209 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4018 as it looked roughly 209 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 3989Barred spiral1.3 million ly
apartNGC 4005Lenticular1.7 million ly
apartNGC 3987Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4000Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4023Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4022Lenticular6.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4005Lenticular1.7 million ly
apartNGC 3987Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4000Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4023Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4022Lenticular6.2 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).