NGC 4379
NGC 4379
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
48 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
26k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 48 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4379 as it looked roughly 48 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 3313Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4394Barred spiral2.6 million ly
apartIC 3065Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4336Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartIC 3356Irregular3.4 million ly
apartIC 3465Elliptical3.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4394Barred spiral2.6 million ly
apartIC 3065Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4336Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartIC 3356Irregular3.4 million ly
apartIC 3465Elliptical3.6 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).