NGC 6474
NGC 6474
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
395 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 395 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6474 as it looked roughly 395 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 6473Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartNGC 6418Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6459Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 1259 NED02Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6489Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 6394Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6418Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6459Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 1259 NED02Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6489Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 6394Barred spiral22 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).