NGC 1377
NGC 1377
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
83 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 83 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1377 as it looked roughly 83 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 1962Barred spiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 1347 NED01Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 1407Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartIC 1953Spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 1952Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1395Elliptical5.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1347 NED01Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 1407Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartIC 1953Spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 1952Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1395Elliptical5.0 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).