NGC 7618
NGC 7618
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
243 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 243 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7618 as it looked roughly 243 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 7707Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 7449Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 7445Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 7446Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 7379Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7426Elliptical34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7449Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 7445Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 7446Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 7379Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7426Elliptical34 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).