NGC 4678
NGC 4678
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · S?
66 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
19k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 66 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4678 as it looked roughly 66 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 4813Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4731Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4720Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4699Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4674Spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 825Elliptical5.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4731Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4720Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4699Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4674Spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 825Elliptical5.4 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).