NGC 378
NGC 378
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
448 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
198k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 448 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 378 as it looked roughly 448 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 427Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 365Barred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 334Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 1599Barred spiral58 million ly
apartNGC 554ALenticular69 million ly
apartNGC 556Elliptical70 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 365Barred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 334Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 1599Barred spiral58 million ly
apartNGC 554ALenticular69 million ly
apartNGC 556Elliptical70 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).