IC 2479
IC 2479
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
387 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 387 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2479 as it looked roughly 387 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 2473Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2477Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 2478Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 2476Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2839Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 2446Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2477Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 2478Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 2476Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2839Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 2446Spiral27 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).