NGC 2119
NGC 2119
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
166 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 166 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2119 as it looked roughly 166 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 454Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 412Spiral52 million ly
apartIC 413Lenticular53 million ly
apartIC 414Elliptical57 million ly
apartNGC 1819Lenticular60 million ly
apartNGC 1615Elliptical60 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 412Spiral52 million ly
apartIC 413Lenticular53 million ly
apartIC 414Elliptical57 million ly
apartNGC 1819Lenticular60 million ly
apartNGC 1615Elliptical60 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).