NGC 518
NGC 518
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
126 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 126 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 518 as it looked roughly 126 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 522Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 489Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 502Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 516Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 524Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 514Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 489Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 502Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 516Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 524Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 514Spiral14 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).