NGC 1319
NGC 1319
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
187 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 187 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1319 as it looked roughly 187 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 1301Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 1928Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1895Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1403Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1256Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1402Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1928Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1895Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1403Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1256Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1402Lenticular18 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).