NGC 179
NGC 179
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
280 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 280 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 179 as it looked roughly 280 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 247BBarred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 247DBarred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 166Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 23Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 335Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 56Spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 247DBarred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 166Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 23Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 335Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 56Spiral30 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).