NGC 4174
NGC 4174
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
188 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 188 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4174 as it looked roughly 188 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 4132Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4175Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4196Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4185Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4131Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4169Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4175Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4196Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4185Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4131Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4169Lenticular11 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).