NGC 677
NGC 677
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
236 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
125k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 236 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 677 as it looked roughly 236 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 675Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 673Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 683Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 162Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 156Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 161Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 673Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 683Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 162Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 156Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 161Lenticular18 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).