NGC 178
NGC 178
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBm
68 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 68 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 178 as it looked roughly 68 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 255Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 210Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 216Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 157Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 51Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 274Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 210Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 216Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 157Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 51Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 274Elliptical14 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).