NGC 4579
M58 · NGC 4579
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
79 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
10.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 79 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4579 as it looked roughly 79 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 4606Barred spiral1.4 million ly
apartIC 3711Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartIC 3720Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartIC 3437Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartIC 3501Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4640Lenticular3.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3711Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartIC 3720Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartIC 3437Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartIC 3501Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4640Lenticular3.0 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).