NGC 7579
NGC 7579
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
574 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
17.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 574 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7579 as it looked roughly 574 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 5307Galaxy8.9 million ly
apartNGC 7609 NED01Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartIC 5291Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 7609 NED02Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7542Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 7630Barred spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7609 NED01Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartIC 5291Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 7609 NED02Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7542Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 7630Barred spiral23 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).