NGC 978B
NGC 978B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
211 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 211 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 978B as it looked roughly 211 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 969Lenticular1.1 million ly
apartNGC 974Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 987Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 1067Spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 1815Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 978AElliptical8.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 974Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 987Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 1067Spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 1815Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 978AElliptical8.9 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).