NGC 1174
NGC 1174
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
127 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 127 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1174 as it looked roughly 127 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 1171Spiral2.1 million ly
apartIC 284Spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 1159Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 1160Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 316 NED01Galaxy13 million ly
apartIC 316 NED02Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 284Spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 1159Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 1160Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 316 NED01Galaxy13 million ly
apartIC 316 NED02Spiral14 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).