NGC 4319
NGC 4319
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
63 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 63 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4319 as it looked roughly 63 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 4133Spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 4363Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4648Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3879Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3403Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4331Irregular9.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4363Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4648Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3879Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3403Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4331Irregular9.8 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).