NGC 4019
NGC 4019
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
71 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
31k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 71 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4019 as it looked roughly 71 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 4306Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartIC 3077Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 3101Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 4321Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 4330Spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 3192Elliptical8.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3077Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 3101Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 4321Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 4330Spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 3192Elliptical8.0 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).