NGC 4474
NGC 4474
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
71 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 71 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4474 as it looked roughly 71 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 4486BElliptical2.3 million ly
apartIC 3506Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4421Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4306Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartIC 796Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartIC 3462Elliptical3.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3506Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4421Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4306Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartIC 796Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartIC 3462Elliptical3.3 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).