NGC 79
NGC 79
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
256 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 256 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 79 as it looked roughly 256 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 85Lenticular1.1 million ly
apartNGC 86Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 93Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 109Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 90Spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 1545Galaxy7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 86Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 93Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 109Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 90Spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 1545Galaxy7.3 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).