IC 179
IC 179
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
194 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 194 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 179 as it looked roughly 194 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 818Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 714Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 688Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 845Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 705Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 841Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 714Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 688Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 845Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 705Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 841Spiral18 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).