IC 277
IC 277
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
133 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 133 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 277 as it looked roughly 133 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 1137Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 1090Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1153Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1032Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1289Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1121Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1090Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1153Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1032Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1289Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1121Lenticular16 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).