NGC 7518
NGC 7518
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
165 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 165 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7518 as it looked roughly 165 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 1474Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 7562ASpiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 7562Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 7608Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 7557Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 7626Elliptical9.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7562ASpiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 7562Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 7608Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 7557Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 7626Elliptical9.4 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).