NGC 3374
NGC 3374
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
348 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 348 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3374 as it looked roughly 348 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 3468Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 674Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 2606Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 3614ASpiral37 million ly
apartNGC 3205Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 3207Lenticular38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 674Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 2606Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 3614ASpiral37 million ly
apartNGC 3205Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 3207Lenticular38 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).