IC 679
IC 679
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
251 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 251 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 679 as it looked roughly 251 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 3591Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3667Spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 681Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 3667ABarred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3696Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3663Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3667Spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 681Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 3667ABarred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3696Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3663Barred spiral18 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).