IC 1178
IC 1178
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
477 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
186k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 477 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1178 as it looked roughly 477 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 6054Elliptical1.8 million ly
apartIC 1181Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartIC 1182Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 6034Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartIC 1173Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 1185Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1181Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartIC 1182Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 6034Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartIC 1173Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 1185Spiral11 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).