IC 279
IC 279
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
439 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 439 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 279 as it looked roughly 439 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 1857Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1854Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 1127Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 1111Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 1109Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 1054Barred spiral42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1854Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 1127Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 1111Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 1109Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 1054Barred spiral42 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).