NGC 1374
NGC 1374
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
62 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
11.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 62 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1374 as it looked roughly 62 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 1379Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartNGC 1373Elliptical1.8 million ly
apartNGC 1351ABarred spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 1436Spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 1387Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 1326Lenticular3.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1373Elliptical1.8 million ly
apartNGC 1351ABarred spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 1436Spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 1387Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 1326Lenticular3.5 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).