NGC 374
NGC 374
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
234 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 234 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 374 as it looked roughly 234 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 403Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartNGC 398Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 385Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 383Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 397Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 420Lenticular5.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 398Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 385Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 383Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 397Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 420Lenticular5.4 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).