IC 474
IC 474
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
380 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
140k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 380 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 474 as it looked roughly 380 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 2208Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 479Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 484Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 486Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 485Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 482Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 479Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 484Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 486Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 485Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 482Spiral23 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).