IC 78
IC 78
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
559 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
285k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 559 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 78 as it looked roughly 559 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 82Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 79Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 363Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 284Elliptical46 million ly
apartNGC 285Elliptical48 million ly
apartNGC 417Elliptical52 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 79Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 363Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 284Elliptical46 million ly
apartNGC 285Elliptical48 million ly
apartNGC 417Elliptical52 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).