IC 977
IC 977
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
408 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 408 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 977 as it looked roughly 408 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 985Spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 981Galaxy12 million ly
apartNGC 5366Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 969Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 5442Barred spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 5680Elliptical53 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 981Galaxy12 million ly
apartNGC 5366Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 969Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 5442Barred spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 5680Elliptical53 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).