IC 2674
IC 2674
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
273 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 273 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2674 as it looked roughly 273 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 2673Spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 2698Spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 2708Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 2689Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2804Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2826Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2698Spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 2708Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 2689Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2804Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2826Barred spiral18 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).