NGC 1218
NGC 1218
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
419 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
165k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 419 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1218 as it looked roughly 419 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 315Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 298AGalaxy29 million ly
apartIC 298BBarred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 322Galaxy34 million ly
apartIC 1918Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 1149Elliptical39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 298AGalaxy29 million ly
apartIC 298BBarred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 322Galaxy34 million ly
apartIC 1918Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 1149Elliptical39 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).