NGC 4079
NGC 4079
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
283 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
142k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 283 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4079 as it looked roughly 283 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 754Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4044Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3979Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4006Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 753Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 3907BBarred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4044Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3979Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4006Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 753Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 3907BBarred spiral20 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).