NGC 7578B
NGC 7578B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
573 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
290k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 573 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7578B as it looked roughly 573 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 7578ALenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 7602Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 7647Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 5300Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 1488Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 5316Galaxy40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7602Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 7647Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 5300Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 1488Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 5316Galaxy40 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).