IC 879
IC 879
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
95 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
23k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 95 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 879 as it looked roughly 95 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 5061Elliptical1.1 million ly
apartNGC 5078Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5085Spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 4249Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5101Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartIC 4231Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5078Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5085Spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 4249Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5101Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartIC 4231Barred spiral11 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).