NGC 7218
NGC 7218
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
78 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 78 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7218 as it looked roughly 78 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 7188Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 7185Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 7180Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 7314Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7259Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7406Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7185Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 7180Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 7314Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7259Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7406Barred spiral20 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).