IC 278
IC 278
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
230 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
145k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 230 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 278 as it looked roughly 230 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
IC 1874Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 1207Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 1167Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 304Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 305Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 294Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1207Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 1167Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 304Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 305Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 294Lenticular14 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).