NGC 978A
NGC 978A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
220 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 220 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 978A as it looked roughly 220 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 1815Lenticular1.8 million ly
apartNGC 983Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 978BLenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 969Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartNGC 987Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 974Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 983Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 978BLenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 969Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartNGC 987Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 974Spiral11 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).