NGC 7374B
NGC 7374B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
347 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 347 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7374B as it looked roughly 347 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 7348Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7386Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7362Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7374Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7390Galaxy17 million ly
apartNGC 7385Elliptical20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7386Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7362Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7374Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7390Galaxy17 million ly
apartNGC 7385Elliptical20 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).