NGC 3919
NGC 3919
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
285 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 285 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3919 as it looked roughly 285 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 3947Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 2951Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3842Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 3857Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 3837Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3841Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2951Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3842Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 3857Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 3837Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3841Elliptical12 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).