IC 579
IC 579
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
469 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
153k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 469 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 579 as it looked roughly 469 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
NGC 3139Lenticular49 million ly
apartNGC 3133Barred spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 2952Spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 2956Barred spiral58 million ly
apartIC 542Lenticular70 million ly
apartIC 589Elliptical73 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3133Barred spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 2952Spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 2956Barred spiral58 million ly
apartIC 542Lenticular70 million ly
apartIC 589Elliptical73 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).