NGC 6977
NGC 6977
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
283 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 283 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6977 as it looked roughly 283 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 6978Barred spiral1.1 million ly
apartNGC 6975Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 6968Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6941Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1331Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 6985AGalaxy29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6975Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 6968Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6941Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1331Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 6985AGalaxy29 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).