IC 4219
IC 4219
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
171 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 171 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4219 as it looked roughly 171 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 5114Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5193Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5193ALenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5140Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4955Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5215ALenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5193Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5193ALenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5140Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4955Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5215ALenticular14 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).