NGC 1219
NGC 1219
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
285 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 285 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1219 as it looked roughly 285 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 302Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1305Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 1101Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 1323Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 1095Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 1322Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1305Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 1101Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 1323Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 1095Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 1322Elliptical33 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).