IC 2378
IC 2378
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
703 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
268k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 703 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2378 as it looked roughly 703 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 2380Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 2383Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 2374Barred spiral58 million ly
apartIC 2376Elliptical80 million ly
apartIC 2234Elliptical94 million ly
apartIC 2427Elliptical130 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2383Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 2374Barred spiral58 million ly
apartIC 2376Elliptical80 million ly
apartIC 2234Elliptical94 million ly
apartIC 2427Elliptical130 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).