IC 1879
IC 1879
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
610 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
215k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 610 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1879 as it looked roughly 610 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
IC 1929Barred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 1135Spiral45 million ly
apartIC 1940Spiral47 million ly
apartIC 1957Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 1932Lenticular59 million ly
apartIC 1878Galaxy60 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1135Spiral45 million ly
apartIC 1940Spiral47 million ly
apartIC 1957Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 1932Lenticular59 million ly
apartIC 1878Galaxy60 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).