NGC 4974
NGC 4974
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
411 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
188k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 411 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4974 as it looked roughly 411 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 4967Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4973Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 5001Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4998Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5163Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 5201Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4973Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 5001Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4998Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5163Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 5201Barred spiral26 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).