IC 3677
IC 3677
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
877 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
16.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 877 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3677 as it looked roughly 877 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 3789Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 3683Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 3815Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 3689Elliptical53 million ly
apartIC 3886Galaxy54 million ly
apartIC 3867Barred spiral55 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3683Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 3815Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 3689Elliptical53 million ly
apartIC 3886Galaxy54 million ly
apartIC 3867Barred spiral55 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).