IC 1678
IC 1678
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
659 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 659 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1678 as it looked roughly 659 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 486Galaxy3.1 million ly
apartNGC 492Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 462Galaxy20 million ly
apartIC 102Lenticular53 million ly
apartIC 1695Elliptical57 million ly
apartIC 83Galaxy64 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 492Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 462Galaxy20 million ly
apartIC 102Lenticular53 million ly
apartIC 1695Elliptical57 million ly
apartIC 83Galaxy64 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).