NGC 2978
NGC 2978
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
84 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
26k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 84 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2978 as it looked roughly 84 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 2863Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 2855Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 2974Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2902Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 560Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2967Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2855Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 2974Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2902Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 560Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2967Spiral16 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).