IC 4477
IC 4477
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
654 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 654 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4477 as it looked roughly 654 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 4485Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4479Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4508Lenticular50 million ly
apartIC 4398Barred spiral80 million ly
apartIC 4526Spiral86 million ly
apartIC 4532Elliptical90 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4479Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4508Lenticular50 million ly
apartIC 4398Barred spiral80 million ly
apartIC 4526Spiral86 million ly
apartIC 4532Elliptical90 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).