IC 2974
IC 2974
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
266 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
169k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 266 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2974 as it looked roughly 266 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 3959Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3967Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 747Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3979Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4006Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3907Elliptical20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3967Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 747Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3979Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4006Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3907Elliptical20 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).