NGC 277
NGC 277
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
202 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 202 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 277 as it looked roughly 202 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 341Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 217Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 273Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 145Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 259Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 271Spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 217Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 273Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 145Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 259Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 271Spiral25 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).