NGC 2178
NGC 2178
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
384 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
142k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 384 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2178 as it looked roughly 384 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 2205Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2235Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2229Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2230Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2228Lenticular44 million ly
apartNGC 2233Elliptical50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2235Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2229Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2230Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2228Lenticular44 million ly
apartNGC 2233Elliptical50 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).