NGC 6479
NGC 6479
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
310 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 310 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6479 as it looked roughly 310 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 6466Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6562Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 6478Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6515Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 6386Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6409Barred spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6562Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 6478Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6515Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 6386Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6409Barred spiral31 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).