NGC 878
NGC 878
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
538 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
136k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 538 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 878 as it looked roughly 538 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 858Spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 892Spiral61 million ly
apartNGC 1102Spiral65 million ly
apartNGC 966Elliptical71 million ly
apartNGC 667Lenticular76 million ly
apartIC 1745Lenticular87 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 892Spiral61 million ly
apartNGC 1102Spiral65 million ly
apartNGC 966Elliptical71 million ly
apartNGC 667Lenticular76 million ly
apartIC 1745Lenticular87 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).