NGC 1819
NGC 1819
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
208 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 208 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1819 as it looked roughly 208 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 414Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 413Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 412Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1691Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1762Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1713Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 413Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 412Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1691Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1762Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1713Elliptical24 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).