NGC 477
NGC 477
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
276 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
125k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 276 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 477 as it looked roughly 276 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 393Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 1647Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 425Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 662Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 389Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 513Spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1647Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 425Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 662Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 389Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 513Spiral32 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).