NGC 1519
NGC 1519
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
85 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 85 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1519 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
NGC 1464Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 1482Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1481Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1452Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 1407Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 343Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1482Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1481Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1452Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 1407Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 343Lenticular10 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).