NGC 7418
NGC 7418
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
68 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 68 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7418 as it looked roughly 68 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
IC 5273Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 5325Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 7632Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 7582Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7410Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7590Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5325Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 7632Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 7582Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7410Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7590Barred spiral11 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).