NGC 6419
NGC 6419
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
370 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 370 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6419 as it looked roughly 370 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 6420Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 6471 NED01Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6422Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6424Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6470Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6457Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6471 NED01Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6422Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6424Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6470Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6457Elliptical15 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).