IC 74
IC 74
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
234 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 234 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 74 as it looked roughly 234 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 84Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 455Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 1592Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 332Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 437Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 479Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 455Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 1592Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 332Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 437Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 479Barred spiral20 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).