NGC 4318
NGC 4318
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
56 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
12k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 56 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4318 as it looked roughly 56 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
IC 3322Spiral1.5 million ly
apartNGC 4316Spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4519Spiral2.7 million ly
apartIC 3097Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4411BSpiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4356Spiral3.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4316Spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4519Spiral2.7 million ly
apartIC 3097Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4411BSpiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4356Spiral3.2 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).