NGC 6018
NGC 6018
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
244 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 244 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6018 as it looked roughly 244 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 6021Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 1174Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 6008Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1196Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6073Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1149Barred spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1174Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 6008Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1196Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6073Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1149Barred spiral30 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).