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UGC 4879

Dwarf galaxy · Dwarf Galaxy at the periphery of the Local Group

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UGC 4879
Picture: Judy Schmidt, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

About UGC 4879

UGC 4879 is about 3.98 million light-years from the Sun, so the light we see from it left about 3.98 million years ago.

The map lists it as a dwarf galaxy and shows it at the scale of the Milky Way and the Local Group, drawn on the plane of the Milky Way.

Key numbers

Distance3.98 million light-years (1.22 Mpc)
Distance methodLVDB (RR Lyrae, TRGB or other)
Supergalactic coordinatesSGL 47.6°, SGB -15.0°
Absolute magnitude (V)-12.2
Stellar mass1.35 × 10⁷ suns

Data: Local Volume Database v1.1.1 (Pace 2025).

Where it is

Its place in the universe, from the inside out: Local Group › Virgo Supercluster › Laniakea Supercluster › Observable universe.

Zoom out to see it in context: Local Group, a view about 10 million light-years across.

From Wikipedia

UGC 4879, which is also known as VV 124, is the most isolated dwarf galaxy in the periphery of the Local Group. It is an irregular galaxy at a distance of 1.38 Mpc. Low-resolution spectroscopy yielded inconsistent radial velocities for different components of the galaxy, hinting at the presence of a stellar disk.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article UGC 4879, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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