NGC 7319
NGC 7319
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
319 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
155k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 319 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7319 as it looked roughly 319 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 7317Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7337Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7369Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7270Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7271Galaxy20 million ly
apartNGC 7340Elliptical21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7337Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7369Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7270Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7271Galaxy20 million ly
apartNGC 7340Elliptical21 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).