NGC 4777
NGC 4777
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
166 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 166 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4777 as it looked roughly 166 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 4780Spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 4773Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4770Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4776Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4925Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4739Elliptical9.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4773Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4770Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4776Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4925Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4739Elliptical9.3 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).