NGC 6918
NGC 6918
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
245 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 245 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6918 as it looked roughly 245 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 6970Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4956Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 6878ASpiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6987Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6983Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4916Barred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4956Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 6878ASpiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6987Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6983Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4916Barred spiral29 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).