IC 2677
IC 2677
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
1.6 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
18.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.6 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 2677 as it looked roughly 1.6 billion 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 2881Galaxy370 million ly
apartIC 685Elliptical440 million ly
apartIC 2771Spiral450 million ly
apartIC 2725Elliptical450 million ly
apartIC 2900Barred spiral470 million ly
apartIC 2788Galaxy480 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 685Elliptical440 million ly
apartIC 2771Spiral450 million ly
apartIC 2725Elliptical450 million ly
apartIC 2900Barred spiral470 million ly
apartIC 2788Galaxy480 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).