NGC 2974
NGC 2974
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
92 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
10.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 92 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2974 as it looked roughly 92 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 2967Spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 560Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3023Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 3018Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 2978Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2966Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 560Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3023Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 3018Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 2978Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2966Spiral14 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).