IC 4279
IC 4279
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
578 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 578 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4279 as it looked roughly 578 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 4281Spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 4243Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 4273Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 4309Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 4265Spiral49 million ly
apartIC 4252Elliptical55 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4243Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 4273Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 4309Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 4265Spiral49 million ly
apartIC 4252Elliptical55 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).