NGC 674
NGC 674
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
145 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
161k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 145 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 674 as it looked roughly 145 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 694Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartIC 167Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 1730Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 680Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 575Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 678Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 167Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 1730Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 680Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 575Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 678Barred spiral13 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).