IC 1018
IC 1018
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
184 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
31k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 184 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1018 as it looked roughly 184 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 1019Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5657Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4442Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4452Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1020Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5735Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5657Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4442Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4452Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1020Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5735Barred spiral17 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).