IC 1777
IC 1777
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
594 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
157k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 594 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1777 as it looked roughly 594 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
IC 222Spiral60 million ly
apartIC 1748Barred spiral75 million ly
apartIC 212Barred spiral81 million ly
apartIC 1821 NED01Galaxy81 million ly
apartIC 189Barred spiral88 million ly
apartIC 1829Elliptical96 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1748Barred spiral75 million ly
apartIC 212Barred spiral81 million ly
apartIC 1821 NED01Galaxy81 million ly
apartIC 189Barred spiral88 million ly
apartIC 1829Elliptical96 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).