NGC 819
NGC 819
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
306 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 306 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 819 as it looked roughly 306 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 710Spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 732Lenticular51 million ly
apartNGC 1057Lenticular53 million ly
apartNGC 778Lenticular55 million ly
apartIC 1861Lenticular57 million ly
apartNGC 751Elliptical57 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 732Lenticular51 million ly
apartNGC 1057Lenticular53 million ly
apartNGC 778Lenticular55 million ly
apartIC 1861Lenticular57 million ly
apartNGC 751Elliptical57 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).