IC 978
IC 978
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
76 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
21k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 76 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 978 as it looked roughly 76 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 5496Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 976Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5584Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5506Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5574Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 5576Elliptical10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 976Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5584Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5506Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5574Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 5576Elliptical10 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).