NGC 3477
NGC 3477
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
481 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
197k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 481 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3477 as it looked roughly 481 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 3476Elliptical540,000 ly
apartIC 658Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartIC 664Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3490Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3466Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 663Elliptical27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 658Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartIC 664Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3490Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3466Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 663Elliptical27 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).