NGC 919
NGC 919
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
482 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
184k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 482 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 919 as it looked roughly 482 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
IC 227Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 901Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 226Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 900Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 916Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 915Elliptical32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 901Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 226Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 900Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 916Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 915Elliptical32 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).