NGC 519
NGC 519
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
248 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 248 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 519 as it looked roughly 248 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 538Barred spiral1.1 million ly
apartNGC 545Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 543Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 548Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 541Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 560Lenticular8.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 545Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 543Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 548Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 541Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 560Lenticular8.2 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).