NGC 2674
NGC 2674
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
250 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 250 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2674 as it looked roughly 250 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 2403Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 2437Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 2754Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 2851Lenticular36 million ly
apartIC 513Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 2890Elliptical40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2437Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 2754Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 2851Lenticular36 million ly
apartIC 513Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 2890Elliptical40 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).