NGC 974
NGC 974
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
209 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
194k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 209 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 974 as it looked roughly 209 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 969Lenticular1.2 million ly
apartNGC 978BLenticular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 987Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 1067Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 1066Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartIC 1815Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 978BLenticular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 987Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 1067Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 1066Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartIC 1815Lenticular10 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).