NGC 2577
NGC 2577
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
99 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 99 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2577 as it looked roughly 99 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 2256Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 2267Spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 2268Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartIC 2329Spiral5.5 million ly
apartIC 2271Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartIC 508Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2267Spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 2268Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartIC 2329Spiral5.5 million ly
apartIC 2271Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartIC 508Barred spiral8.2 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).