NGC 3774
NGC 3774
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
290 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 290 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3774 as it looked roughly 290 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 3724Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3721Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3723Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3771Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3722Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 2910Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3721Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3723Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3771Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3722Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 2910Lenticular15 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).