NGC 5419
NGC 5419
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
194 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
224k ly
across
10.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 194 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5419 as it looked roughly 194 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 5397Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartIC 4378Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 4388Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5488Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4328Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4367Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4378Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 4388Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5488Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4328Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4367Spiral18 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).