NGC 1679
NGC 1679
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBm
49 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 49 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1679 as it looked roughly 49 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 1827Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 1808Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 1531Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 2041Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 1532Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1792Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1808Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 1531Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 2041Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 1532Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1792Barred spiral9.9 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).