NGC 6518
NGC 6518
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
314 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 314 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6518 as it looked roughly 314 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 6575Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 1277Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6447Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 6446Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 6513Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 1279Barred spiral42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1277Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6447Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 6446Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 6513Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 1279Barred spiral42 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).