NGC 4779
NGC 4779
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
133 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 133 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4779 as it looked roughly 133 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 4795Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4803Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartIC 3631Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 3611Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4799Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 4791Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4803Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartIC 3631Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 3611Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4799Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 4791Barred spiral16 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).