NGC 4918
NGC 4918
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
466 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 466 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4918 as it looked roughly 466 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 5192Spiral75 million ly
apartIC 774Lenticular94 million ly
apartNGC 5013Barred spiral100 million ly
apartIC 855Galaxy110 million ly
apartNGC 5331 NED02Barred spiral110 million ly
apartNGC 5100 NED01Barred spiral120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 774Lenticular94 million ly
apartNGC 5013Barred spiral100 million ly
apartIC 855Galaxy110 million ly
apartNGC 5331 NED02Barred spiral110 million ly
apartNGC 5100 NED01Barred spiral120 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).