NGC 478
NGC 478
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
319 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 319 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 478 as it looked roughly 319 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 583Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 1622Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 369Barred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 1623BIrregular46 million ly
apartIC 1670ABarred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 1578Barred spiral48 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1622Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 369Barred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 1623BIrregular46 million ly
apartIC 1670ABarred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 1578Barred spiral48 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).