NGC 719
NGC 719
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
426 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
125k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 426 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 719 as it looked roughly 426 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 695Lenticular34 million ly
apartIC 1742Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 794Elliptical47 million ly
apartNGC 606Spiral53 million ly
apartIC 1701Elliptical59 million ly
apartIC 213Spiral60 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1742Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 794Elliptical47 million ly
apartNGC 606Spiral53 million ly
apartIC 1701Elliptical59 million ly
apartIC 213Spiral60 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).