NGC 7519
NGC 7519
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
494 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
160k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 494 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7519 as it looked roughly 494 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 7500Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartIC 5305Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7594Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7575Lenticular51 million ly
apartNGC 7414Lenticular55 million ly
apartNGC 7427Galaxy57 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5305Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7594Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7575Lenticular51 million ly
apartNGC 7414Lenticular55 million ly
apartNGC 7427Galaxy57 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).