NGC 1779
NGC 1779
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
152 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
118k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 152 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1779 as it looked roughly 152 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 402Spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 401Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1752Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 400Galaxy21 million ly
apartIC 415Galaxy21 million ly
apartIC 2132Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 401Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1752Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 400Galaxy21 million ly
apartIC 415Galaxy21 million ly
apartIC 2132Spiral22 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).