NGC 3219
NGC 3219
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
723 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
227k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 723 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3219 as it looked roughly 723 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
IC 2543 NED01Barred spiral46 million ly
apartIC 2564Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 2525Elliptical64 million ly
apartNGC 3099Elliptical91 million ly
apartIC 2503Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 2502Spiral110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2564Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 2525Elliptical64 million ly
apartNGC 3099Elliptical91 million ly
apartIC 2503Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 2502Spiral110 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).