NGC 4719
NGC 4719
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
330 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
136k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 330 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4719 as it looked roughly 330 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 4737Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 4619Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4583Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 826Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 4662Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 821Spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4619Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4583Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 826Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 4662Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 821Spiral24 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).