NGC 6478
NGC 6478
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
318 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
134k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 318 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6478 as it looked roughly 318 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 6466Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 6515Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 6479Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6386Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6560Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6409Barred spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6515Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 6479Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6386Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6560Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6409Barred spiral33 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).