NGC 4219A
NGC 4219A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
282 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 282 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4219A as it looked roughly 282 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 4940Spiral58 million ly
apartNGC 4622AElliptical64 million ly
apartNGC 4456Barred spiral67 million ly
apartNGC 4709Elliptical69 million ly
apartNGC 4679Barred spiral70 million ly
apartNGC 4953Lenticular71 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4622AElliptical64 million ly
apartNGC 4456Barred spiral67 million ly
apartNGC 4709Elliptical69 million ly
apartNGC 4679Barred spiral70 million ly
apartNGC 4953Lenticular71 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).