NGC 3679
NGC 3679
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
394 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
139k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 394 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3679 as it looked roughly 394 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 702Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 3537 NED01Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 728Barred spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 3452Spiral61 million ly
apartIC 654Lenticular62 million ly
apartNGC 3638Barred spiral65 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3537 NED01Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 728Barred spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 3452Spiral61 million ly
apartIC 654Lenticular62 million ly
apartNGC 3638Barred spiral65 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).