NGC 219
NGC 219
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
254 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 254 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 219 as it looked roughly 254 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 223Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartIC 40Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 204Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 227Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 198Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 236Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 40Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 204Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 227Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 198Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 236Spiral13 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).