NGC 3019
NGC 3019
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
414 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 414 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3019 as it looked roughly 414 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 3016Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartIC 578Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 577Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 568Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 571Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3048 NED02Barred spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 578Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 577Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 568Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 571Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3048 NED02Barred spiral28 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).