NGC 4219
NGC 4219
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
93 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 93 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4219 as it looked roughly 93 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 4751Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 4730Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4696ELenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4645BLenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4835Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3896Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4730Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4696ELenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4645BLenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4835Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3896Elliptical17 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).