IC 477
IC 477
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
632 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
211k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 632 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 477 as it looked roughly 632 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 2218Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 2307Lenticular88 million ly
apartIC 2182Lenticular110 million ly
apartIC 478Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 2376Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 2309Spiral130 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2307Lenticular88 million ly
apartIC 2182Lenticular110 million ly
apartIC 478Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 2376Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 2309Spiral130 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).