IC 4177
IC 4177
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
113 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
29k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 113 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4177 as it looked roughly 113 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 4897Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 5097Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4997Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5030Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5017Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartIC 863Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5097Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4997Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5030Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5017Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartIC 863Lenticular10 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).