NGC 3619
NGC 3619
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
73 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 73 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3619 as it looked roughly 73 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 3642Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 3499Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3543Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3683Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3846AIrregular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3610Elliptical9.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3499Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3543Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3683Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3846AIrregular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3610Elliptical9.4 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).