NGC 3977
NGC 3977
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
270 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 270 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3977 as it looked roughly 270 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 3916Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3921Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3759ABarred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2943Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3737Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3824Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3921Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3759ABarred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2943Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3737Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3824Barred spiral17 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).