NGC 6919
NGC 6919
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
312 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 312 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6919 as it looked roughly 312 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 6845BBarred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 4998Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 6845CLenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 6845ABarred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6845DLenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 6878Spiral43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4998Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 6845CLenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 6845ABarred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6845DLenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 6878Spiral43 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).