NGC 1077B
NGC 1077B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
421 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 421 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1077B as it looked roughly 421 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 1077ABarred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 256Elliptical51 million ly
apartIC 260Elliptical51 million ly
apartIC 275 NED02Elliptical56 million ly
apartNGC 861Barred spiral65 million ly
apartNGC 970 NED02Galaxy68 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 256Elliptical51 million ly
apartIC 260Elliptical51 million ly
apartIC 275 NED02Elliptical56 million ly
apartNGC 861Barred spiral65 million ly
apartNGC 970 NED02Galaxy68 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).