NGC 7719
NGC 7719
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
444 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 444 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7719 as it looked roughly 444 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 7730Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED02Elliptical53 million ly
apartIC 5358Elliptical56 million ly
apartIC 5364 NED01Lenticular59 million ly
apartIC 5364 NED02Elliptical59 million ly
apartIC 5350Elliptical60 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5349 NED02Elliptical53 million ly
apartIC 5358Elliptical56 million ly
apartIC 5364 NED01Lenticular59 million ly
apartIC 5364 NED02Elliptical59 million ly
apartIC 5350Elliptical60 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).