NGC 479
NGC 479
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
245 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 245 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 479 as it looked roughly 245 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 455Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 446Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 467Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 437Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 521Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 533Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 446Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 467Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 437Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 521Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 533Elliptical16 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).