NGC 3419A
NGC 3419A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
143 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 143 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3419A as it looked roughly 143 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 3419Lenticular1.8 million ly
apartNGC 3391Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3367Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3300Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3306Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3559Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3391Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3367Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3300Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3306Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3559Barred spiral15 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).