NGC 74
NGC 74
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
334 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 334 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 74 as it looked roughly 334 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 70Barred spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 72Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 76Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 27Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 72AElliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 71Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 72Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 76Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 27Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 72AElliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 71Elliptical22 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).