NGC 6719
NGC 6719
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
178 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 178 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6719 as it looked roughly 178 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 4724Galaxy10 million ly
apartIC 4712Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4773Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4704Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 4705Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6776ABarred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4712Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4773Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4704Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 4705Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6776ABarred spiral17 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).