IC 1877
IC 1877
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
342 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 342 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1877 as it looked roughly 342 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 1949Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1937Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 1908Barred spiral54 million ly
apartNGC 1025Barred spiral57 million ly
apartIC 2014Barred spiral59 million ly
apartIC 1960Spiral64 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1937Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 1908Barred spiral54 million ly
apartNGC 1025Barred spiral57 million ly
apartIC 2014Barred spiral59 million ly
apartIC 1960Spiral64 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).