IC 1677
IC 1677
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
255 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 255 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1677 as it looked roughly 255 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 494Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 508Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartIC 1692Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartIC 1679Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartIC 1648Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 447Lenticular7.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 508Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartIC 1692Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartIC 1679Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartIC 1648Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 447Lenticular7.8 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).