NGC 5479
NGC 5479
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
445 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 445 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5479 as it looked roughly 445 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 5413Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 5314Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 5671Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 954Spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 5415Elliptical51 million ly
apartNGC 5502Lenticular52 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5314Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 5671Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 954Spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 5415Elliptical51 million ly
apartNGC 5502Lenticular52 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).