NGC 7019
NGC 7019
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
530 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 530 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7019 as it looked roughly 530 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 7016Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 5088Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 6999Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 6998Elliptical47 million ly
apartIC 1386Elliptical65 million ly
apartIC 1328Spiral70 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5088Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 6999Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 6998Elliptical47 million ly
apartIC 1386Elliptical65 million ly
apartIC 1328Spiral70 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).