NGC 619
NGC 619
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
398 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
192k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 398 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 619 as it looked roughly 398 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 623Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 612Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 698Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 1728Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1739Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 696Lenticular32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 612Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 698Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 1728Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1739Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 696Lenticular32 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).