NGC 5518
NGC 5518
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
222 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 222 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5518 as it looked roughly 222 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 5513Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5581Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5490Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 5548Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 984Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1006Barred spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5581Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5490Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 5548Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 984Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1006Barred spiral23 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).