IC 718
IC 718
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · IB
92 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
31k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 92 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 718 as it looked roughly 92 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 719Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3692Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 767Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 3018Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4045Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3074Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3692Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 767Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 3018Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4045Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3074Barred spiral15 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).