IC 218
IC 218
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
302 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 302 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 218 as it looked roughly 302 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 867Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 926Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 934Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 231Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 232Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 194Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 926Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 934Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 231Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 232Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 194Barred spiral20 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).