NGC 1274
NGC 1274
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
299 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 299 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1274 as it looked roughly 299 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
IC 308Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 1294Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 1283Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1250Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1278Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1271Lenticular21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1294Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 1283Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1250Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1278Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1271Lenticular21 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).