NGC 3479
NGC 3479
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
212 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 212 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3479 as it looked roughly 212 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 665Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 3469Spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 647Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3546Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3421Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3456Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3469Spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 647Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3546Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3421Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3456Spiral13 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).