IC 174
IC 174
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
244 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 244 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 174 as it looked roughly 244 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 1754Galaxy4.2 million ly
apartIC 1749Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1726Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 664Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 706Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 741Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1749Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1726Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 664Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 706Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 741Elliptical17 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).