NGC 2474
NGC 2474
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
249 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 249 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2474 as it looked roughly 249 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 2518Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 2429ALenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2475Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2446Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2431Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 471Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2429ALenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2475Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2446Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2431Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 471Elliptical19 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).