IC 4479
IC 4479
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
633 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
214k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 633 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4479 as it looked roughly 633 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 4485Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 4477Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4508Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 4398Barred spiral64 million ly
apartIC 4526Spiral82 million ly
apartIC 4532Elliptical91 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4477Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4508Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 4398Barred spiral64 million ly
apartIC 4526Spiral82 million ly
apartIC 4532Elliptical91 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).