NGC 2574
NGC 2574
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
134 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 134 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2574 as it looked roughly 134 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 2722Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2327Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2367Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2377Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 2501Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 2504Spiral36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2327Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2367Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2377Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 2501Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 2504Spiral36 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).