NGC 7174
NGC 7174
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
130 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 130 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7174 as it looked roughly 130 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 7163Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 7173Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartIC 5156Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 7187Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 7204ABarred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 7204BLenticular9.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7173Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartIC 5156Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 7187Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 7204ABarred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 7204BLenticular9.4 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).