IC 4718
IC 4718
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
177 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 177 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4718 as it looked roughly 177 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 4753Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartIC 4785Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 4764Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6706Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 4757Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 4775Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4785Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 4764Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6706Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 4757Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 4775Barred spiral16 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).