NGC 3318
NGC 3318
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
131 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 131 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3318 as it looked roughly 131 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 3318BSpiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 3250ESpiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3250Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3256Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3244Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 3256ABarred spiral6.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3250ESpiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3250Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3256Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3244Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 3256ABarred spiral6.9 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).