IC 79
IC 79
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
588 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
212k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 588 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 79 as it looked roughly 588 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 82Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 78Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 417Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 86Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 95Galaxy55 million ly
apartNGC 284Elliptical61 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 78Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 417Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 86Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 95Galaxy55 million ly
apartNGC 284Elliptical61 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).