IC 4218
IC 4218
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
270 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 270 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4218 as it looked roughly 270 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 5095Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartIC 4224Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5104Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 850Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 865Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 849Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4224Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5104Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 850Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 865Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 849Spiral21 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).