NGC 474 is the huge elliptical galaxy with
the numerous tidal tails. NGC 470 is the spiral galaxy next to
it, located at the same distance (~100 million light years). NGC
467 to the lower right is also caught in an ongoing
multiple-merger process, and has a distance of about 250 million
light years. Hence, this system is intrinsically as big or even
bigger than NGC 474.
