IC 4978
IC 4978
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
204 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 204 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4978 as it looked roughly 204 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 6867Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 4952Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartIC 4950Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 6855Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 6848Spiral8.5 million ly
apartIC 4919Spiral9.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4952Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartIC 4950Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 6855Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 6848Spiral8.5 million ly
apartIC 4919Spiral9.0 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).