NGC 2819
NGC 2819
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
419 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
176k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 419 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2819 as it looked roughly 419 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 2794Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2803Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 2454Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2795Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 2802Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 2812Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2803Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 2454Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2795Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 2802Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 2812Barred spiral27 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).