NGC 2719A
NGC 2719A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
144 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
20k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 144 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2719A as it looked roughly 144 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 2719Irregular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 2724Spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 2429Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2430Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 2785Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2743Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2724Spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 2429Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2430Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 2785Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2743Spiral27 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).