IC 3018
IC 3018
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
91 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
18k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 91 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3018 as it looked roughly 91 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 767Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4165Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4305Spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 3074Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4189Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4425Lenticular7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4165Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4305Spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 3074Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4189Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4425Lenticular7.5 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).