NGC 6978
NGC 6978
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
284 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
125k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 284 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6978 as it looked roughly 284 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 6977Spiral1.1 million ly
apartNGC 6975Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 6968Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6941Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1331Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 6985AGalaxy30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6975Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 6968Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6941Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1331Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 6985AGalaxy30 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).