NGC 2874
NGC 2874
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
175 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 175 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2874 as it looked roughly 175 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 2954Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 528Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2939Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2873Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 2730Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 2872Elliptical25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 528Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2939Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2873Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 2730Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 2872Elliptical25 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).