NGC 578
NGC 578
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
76 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
11.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 76 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 578 as it looked roughly 76 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
IC 1729Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 723Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 423Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 613Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 720Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 216Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 723Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 423Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 613Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 720Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 216Lenticular15 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).