NGC 6219
NGC 6219
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
441 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 441 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6219 as it looked roughly 441 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 4621Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 6225Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 6224Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 6230 NED02Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 6230 NED01Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 6234Elliptical39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6225Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 6224Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 6230 NED02Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 6230 NED01Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 6234Elliptical39 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).