NGC 7479
NGC 7479
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
111 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
118k ly
across
11.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 111 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7479 as it looked roughly 111 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 7465Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7448Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7463Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7437Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7347Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7468Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7448Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7463Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7437Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7347Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7468Elliptical15 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).