NGC 718
NGC 718
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
82 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 82 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 718 as it looked roughly 82 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 693Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 821Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 864Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 676Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 450Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 941Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 821Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 864Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 676Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 450Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 941Spiral15 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).