IC 979
IC 979
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
360 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 360 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 979 as it looked roughly 360 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 5454Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 5591 NED02Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5591 NED01Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5550Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 993Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1009Lenticular30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5591 NED02Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5591 NED01Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5550Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 993Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1009Lenticular30 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).