NGC 19
NGC 19
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
224 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 224 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 19 as it looked roughly 224 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 13Barred spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 21Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 7836Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 39Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 6Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 43Lenticular8.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 21Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 7836Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 39Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 6Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 43Lenticular8.4 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).