NGC 6878
NGC 6878
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
272 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
127k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 272 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6878 as it looked roughly 272 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 4991Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 6878ASpiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6849Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 6899Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 4931Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 6845ABarred spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6878ASpiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6849Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 6899Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 4931Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 6845ABarred spiral32 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).