NGC 5919
NGC 5919
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
647 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
188k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 647 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5919 as it looked roughly 647 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 5920Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 1121Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 5931Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 1122Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 1109Elliptical74 million ly
apartIC 1106Barred spiral75 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1121Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 5931Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 1122Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 1109Elliptical74 million ly
apartIC 1106Barred spiral75 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).