NGC 1578
NGC 1578
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
288 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 288 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1578 as it looked roughly 288 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 2020Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2060Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 1598Barred spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 1463Spiral50 million ly
apartIC 2017Lenticular50 million ly
apartIC 2022Spiral52 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2060Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 1598Barred spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 1463Spiral50 million ly
apartIC 2017Lenticular50 million ly
apartIC 2022Spiral52 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).