NGC 574
NGC 574
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
267 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 267 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 574 as it looked roughly 267 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 568Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 527Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 526ALenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 526BLenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 527BBarred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1719Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 527Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 526ALenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 526BLenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 527BBarred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1719Lenticular12 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).