IC 374
IC 374
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
193 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
13k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 193 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 374 as it looked roughly 193 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 1590Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 1634Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 1615Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 359Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 1517Spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 1542Spiral44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1634Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 1615Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 359Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 1517Spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 1542Spiral44 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).