NGC 1018
NGC 1018
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
623 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
194k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 623 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1018 as it looked roughly 623 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 985Irregular30 million ly
apartNGC 905Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 1071Barred spiral80 million ly
apartNGC 1048Lenticular84 million ly
apartNGC 880Spiral87 million ly
apartNGC 1048ABarred spiral100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 905Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 1071Barred spiral80 million ly
apartNGC 1048Lenticular84 million ly
apartNGC 880Spiral87 million ly
apartNGC 1048ABarred spiral100 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).