NGC 7474
NGC 7474
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
473 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 473 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7474 as it looked roughly 473 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
IC 5274Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 5276Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 7475 NED02Galaxy43 million ly
apartNGC 7588Lenticular46 million ly
apartNGC 7620Spiral52 million ly
apartIC 5312Barred spiral55 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5276Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 7475 NED02Galaxy43 million ly
apartNGC 7588Lenticular46 million ly
apartNGC 7620Spiral52 million ly
apartIC 5312Barred spiral55 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).