NGC 4519A
NGC 4519A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
67 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
11k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 67 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4519A as it looked roughly 67 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 4467Elliptical1.4 million ly
apartNGC 4416Spiral2.2 million ly
apartIC 3259Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4430Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 3510Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 3701Elliptical4.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4416Spiral2.2 million ly
apartIC 3259Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4430Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 3510Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 3701Elliptical4.1 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).