NGC 1474
NGC 1474
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
244 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 244 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1474 as it looked roughly 244 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 2019Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 338Spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 1541Lenticular48 million ly
apartNGC 1633Spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 1552Lenticular55 million ly
apartNGC 1634Elliptical60 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 338Spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 1541Lenticular48 million ly
apartNGC 1633Spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 1552Lenticular55 million ly
apartNGC 1634Elliptical60 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).