NGC 579
NGC 579
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
233 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 233 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 579 as it looked roughly 233 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 553Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 608Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartIC 1691Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 501Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartIC 1687Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 507Elliptical7.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 608Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartIC 1691Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 501Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartIC 1687Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 507Elliptical7.7 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).