NGC 5918
NGC 5918
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
240 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
140k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 240 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5918 as it looked roughly 240 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 5935Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5895Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 5893Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5945Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5860 NED01Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 5934Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5895Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 5893Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5945Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5860 NED01Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 5934Barred spiral24 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).