NGC 4718
NGC 4718
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
222 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 222 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4718 as it looked roughly 222 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 4786Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 4717Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 4716Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 4705Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4843Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 812Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4717Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 4716Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 4705Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4843Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 812Lenticular20 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).