NGC 3419
NGC 3419
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
142 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
31k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 142 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3419 as it looked roughly 142 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 3419ABarred spiral1.8 million ly
apartNGC 3391Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3367Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3300Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3306Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 2684Irregular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3391Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3367Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3300Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3306Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 2684Irregular16 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).