NGC 418
NGC 418
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
268 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
154k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 268 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 418 as it looked roughly 268 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 439Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartNGC 441Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartIC 1637Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1616Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 314Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 461Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 441Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartIC 1637Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1616Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 314Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 461Spiral18 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).