IC 177
IC 177
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
631 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 631 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 177 as it looked roughly 631 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
IC 173Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 185Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1781Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 186ALenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 758Lenticular40 million ly
apartIC 145Barred spiral61 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 185Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1781Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 186ALenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 758Lenticular40 million ly
apartIC 145Barred spiral61 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).