IC 719
IC 719
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
85 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 85 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 719 as it looked roughly 85 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 718Irregular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3692Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4119Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3641Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3643Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 767Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3692Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4119Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3641Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3643Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 767Elliptical13 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).