NGC 818
NGC 818
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
198 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
127k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 198 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 818 as it looked roughly 198 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 179Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 845Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 841Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 714Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 912Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 688Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 845Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 841Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 714Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 912Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 688Barred spiral17 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).