NGC 1477
NGC 1477
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
469 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 469 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1477 as it looked roughly 469 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 1478Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 1475Galaxy3.7 million ly
apartNGC 1472Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 1447Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 352Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1434Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1475Galaxy3.7 million ly
apartNGC 1472Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 1447Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 352Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1434Lenticular18 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).