IC 377
IC 377
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
437 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
127k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 437 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 377 as it looked roughly 437 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 378Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1575Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 376Galaxy21 million ly
apartIC 367Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 1563Galaxy29 million ly
apartNGC 1565Spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1575Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 376Galaxy21 million ly
apartIC 367Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 1563Galaxy29 million ly
apartNGC 1565Spiral30 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).