IC 1974
IC 1974
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
891 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
202k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 891 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1974 as it looked roughly 891 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 1961Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 1942 NED02Elliptical53 million ly
apartIC 1945Lenticular61 million ly
apartIC 1951Barred spiral63 million ly
apartIC 1915Barred spiral70 million ly
apartIC 1920Lenticular70 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1942 NED02Elliptical53 million ly
apartIC 1945Lenticular61 million ly
apartIC 1951Barred spiral63 million ly
apartIC 1915Barred spiral70 million ly
apartIC 1920Lenticular70 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).