NGC 3618
NGC 3618
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
317 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 317 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3618 as it looked roughly 317 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 3615Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 3670Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3728Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3710Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 3534Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 707Spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3670Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3728Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3710Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 3534Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 707Spiral24 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).