NGC 1419
NGC 1419
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
78 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
33k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 78 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1419 as it looked roughly 78 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 1365Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 335Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1428Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1316CLenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 1380ALenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1381Lenticular6.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 335Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1428Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1316CLenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 1380ALenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1381Lenticular6.1 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).