NGC 7219
NGC 7219
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
139 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 139 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7219 as it looked roughly 139 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 7191Spiral1.9 million ly
apartIC 5182Spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 7179Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 7192Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 7199Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 5154Spiral7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5182Spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 7179Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 7192Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 7199Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 5154Spiral7.3 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).