IC 4079
IC 4079
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
1.2 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
141k ly
across
17.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.2 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 4079 as it looked roughly 1.2 billion 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 4080 NED02Galaxy1.5 million ly
apartIC 4025Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 3905 NED02Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 4007Elliptical41 million ly
apartIC 4080 NED01Spiral41 million ly
apartIC 3929Barred spiral41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4025Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 3905 NED02Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 4007Elliptical41 million ly
apartIC 4080 NED01Spiral41 million ly
apartIC 3929Barred spiral41 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).