IC 1377
IC 1377
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
419 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 419 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1377 as it looked roughly 419 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 7085Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 1360Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 1388Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 1391Elliptical40 million ly
apartIC 1383Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 1381Spiral41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1360Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 1388Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 1391Elliptical40 million ly
apartIC 1383Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 1381Spiral41 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).