NGC 6619
NGC 6619
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
235 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 235 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6619 as it looked roughly 235 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 6593Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 6623 NED02Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartIC 4697Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6576Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 6577Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6571Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6623 NED02Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartIC 4697Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6576Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 6577Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6571Elliptical18 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).