IC 619
IC 619
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
352 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 352 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 619 as it looked roughly 352 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 643Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 3428Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 3399Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 635Barred spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 3349Barred spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 3130Lenticular53 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3428Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 3399Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 635Barred spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 3349Barred spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 3130Lenticular53 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).