NGC 1979
NGC 1979
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
81 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 81 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1979 as it looked roughly 81 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 2137Spiral1.2 million ly
apartIC 2129Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 1886Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 1964Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 2131Irregular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 2139Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2129Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 1886Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 1964Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 2131Irregular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 2139Spiral10 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).