NGC 1418
NGC 1418
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
198 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 198 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1418 as it looked roughly 198 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 1441Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1417Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1376Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 347Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1449Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 1358Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1417Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1376Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 347Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1449Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 1358Lenticular12 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).