NGC 4519
NGC 4519
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
56 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 56 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4519 as it looked roughly 56 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
IC 3322Spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4318Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4411BSpiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4464Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartIC 3499Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4316Spiral3.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4318Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4411BSpiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4464Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartIC 3499Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4316Spiral3.4 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).