NGC 2719
NGC 2719
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · IB
147 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 147 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2719 as it looked roughly 147 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 2724Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 2719AIrregular3.5 million ly
apartIC 2429Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 2430Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 2619Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2743Spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2719AIrregular3.5 million ly
apartIC 2429Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 2430Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 2619Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2743Spiral28 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).