NGC 7274
NGC 7274
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
276 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
147k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 276 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7274 as it looked roughly 276 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 7276Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 7240Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 7263Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 7242 NED01Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 7318BBarred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7320CLenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7240Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 7263Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 7242 NED01Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 7318BBarred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7320CLenticular16 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).