NGC 4179
NGC 4179
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
57 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
10.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 57 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4179 as it looked roughly 57 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 4123Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4301Spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 770Galaxy5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4339Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartIC 745Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4517Spiral6.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4301Spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 770Galaxy5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4339Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartIC 745Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4517Spiral6.7 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).