IC 178
IC 178
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
225 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 225 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 178 as it looked roughly 225 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 753Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 708Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartIC 1732Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 704BElliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 759Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 717Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 708Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartIC 1732Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 704BElliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 759Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 717Lenticular10 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).