IC 2377
IC 2377
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
282 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 282 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2377 as it looked roughly 282 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 513Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartIC 2403Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 2583Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 2674Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 2754Lenticular56 million ly
apartNGC 2564Elliptical59 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2403Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 2583Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 2674Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 2754Lenticular56 million ly
apartNGC 2564Elliptical59 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).