NGC 1678
NGC 1678
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
222 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 222 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1678 as it looked roughly 222 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 1670Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1685Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1709Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1654Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1659Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1645Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1685Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1709Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1654Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1659Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1645Lenticular13 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).