NGC 4377
NGC 4377
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
66 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
31k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 66 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4377 as it looked roughly 66 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 3077Spiral2.6 million ly
apartIC 3349Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartIC 781Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4262Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4478Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4477Lenticular3.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3349Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartIC 781Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4262Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4478Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4477Lenticular3.5 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).