NGC 174
NGC 174
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
165 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 165 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 174 as it looked roughly 165 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 101Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1562Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1608Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1601Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 167Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1561Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1562Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1608Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1601Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 167Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1561Barred spiral24 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).