NGC 679
NGC 679
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
235 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 235 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 679 as it looked roughly 235 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 687Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 717Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartIC 1732Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 708Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 753Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 621Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 717Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartIC 1732Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 708Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 753Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 621Lenticular12 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).