NGC 678
NGC 678
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
132 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
118k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 132 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 678 as it looked roughly 132 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 680Elliptical1.4 million ly
apartIC 163Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 1730Spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 167Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 694Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 691Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 163Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 1730Spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 167Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 694Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 691Barred spiral9.9 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).