IC 479
IC 479
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
372 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 372 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 479 as it looked roughly 372 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 2208Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartIC 486Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 484Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 482Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 474Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 485Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 486Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 484Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 482Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 474Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 485Spiral19 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).