NGC 7378
NGC 7378
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
121 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 121 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7378 as it looked roughly 121 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 7371Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 7302Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartIC 1445Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7416Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7444Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7606Barred spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7302Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartIC 1445Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7416Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7444Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7606Barred spiral23 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).