NGC 4679
NGC 4679
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
218 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
154k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 218 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4679 as it looked roughly 218 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 4622AElliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4709Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4616Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4603BBarred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4953Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 4622Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4709Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4616Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4603BBarred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4953Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 4622Spiral26 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).