NGC 7819
NGC 7819
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
232 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 232 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7819 as it looked roughly 232 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 7831Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 7806Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 7805Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 7836Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 6Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 39Spiral9.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7806Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 7805Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 7836Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 6Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 39Spiral9.2 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).