NGC 1277
NGC 1277
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
235 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 235 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1277 as it looked roughly 235 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 312Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1270Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartIC 294Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1224Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartIC 301Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartPerseus ALenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1270Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartIC 294Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1224Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartIC 301Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartPerseus ALenticular10 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).