NGC 1478
NGC 1478
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
465 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 465 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1478 as it looked roughly 465 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 1477Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 1475Galaxy4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1472Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1447Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1504Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1505Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1475Galaxy4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1472Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1447Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1504Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1505Lenticular19 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).