NGC 319
NGC 319
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
324 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 324 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 319 as it looked roughly 324 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 322Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartIC 1595Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1630Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1609Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1625Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 1633Elliptical25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1595Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1630Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1609Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1625Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 1633Elliptical25 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).