IC 4779
IC 4779
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
234 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 234 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4779 as it looked roughly 234 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 4759 NED02Irregular4.2 million ly
apartIC 4766Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartIC 4760Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartIC 4778Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartIC 4752Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 4784Lenticular7.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4766Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartIC 4760Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartIC 4778Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartIC 4752Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 4784Lenticular7.6 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).