IC 678
IC 678
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
670 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
152k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 670 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 678 as it looked roughly 670 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 686Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2648Barred spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 3647Elliptical51 million ly
apartIC 2701Spiral58 million ly
apartIC 2807Barred spiral66 million ly
apartIC 2679Lenticular66 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2648Barred spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 3647Elliptical51 million ly
apartIC 2701Spiral58 million ly
apartIC 2807Barred spiral66 million ly
apartIC 2679Lenticular66 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).