NGC 7418A
NGC 7418A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
98 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 98 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7418A as it looked roughly 98 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
IC 5269Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartIC 5264Spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 5270Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 7545Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 7307Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7404Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5264Spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 5270Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 7545Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 7307Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7404Elliptical12 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).