NGC 879
NGC 879
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
183 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 183 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 879 as it looked roughly 183 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 839Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 838Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 833Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 830Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 848Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 842Lenticular9.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 838Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 833Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 830Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 848Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 842Lenticular9.0 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).