NGC 4878
NGC 4878
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
178 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 178 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4878 as it looked roughly 178 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 4888Spiral2.0 million ly
apartIC 3883Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4739Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 4776Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4770Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 828Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3883Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4739Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 4776Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4770Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 828Lenticular15 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).