NGC 3819
NGC 3819
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
290 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 290 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3819 as it looked roughly 290 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 3822Lenticular820,000 ly
apartNGC 3820Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 727Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3817Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3833Spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 2941Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3820Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 727Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3817Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3833Spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 2941Barred spiral7.6 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).