NGC 3474
NGC 3474
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
422 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 422 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3474 as it looked roughly 422 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 3473Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 3487Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3555Elliptical45 million ly
apartIC 668Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 3551Elliptical47 million ly
apartIC 667Elliptical47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3487Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3555Elliptical45 million ly
apartIC 668Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 3551Elliptical47 million ly
apartIC 667Elliptical47 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).