NGC 3177
NGC 3177
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
60 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
25k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 60 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3177 as it looked roughly 60 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 3189Spiral890,000 ly
apartNGC 3162Spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 3226Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3185Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3213Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3193Elliptical4.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3162Spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 3226Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3185Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3213Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3193Elliptical4.4 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).