NGC 6718
NGC 6718
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
197 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 197 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6718 as it looked roughly 197 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 6734Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 6736Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartIC 4813Galaxy8.2 million ly
apartIC 4789Spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 4787Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 4847Lenticular9.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6736Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartIC 4813Galaxy8.2 million ly
apartIC 4789Spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 4787Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 4847Lenticular9.2 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).