NGC 2618
NGC 2618
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
187 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 187 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2618 as it looked roughly 187 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 2615Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 503Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 504Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 2561Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2713Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2426Lenticular21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 503Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 504Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 2561Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2713Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2426Lenticular21 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).