NGC 4619
NGC 4619
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
325 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 325 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4619 as it looked roughly 325 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 4583Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4662Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4737Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 4719Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 826Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4077Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4662Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4737Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 4719Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 826Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4077Barred spiral26 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).