IC 2977
IC 2977
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
139 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 139 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2977 as it looked roughly 139 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 3903Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 3783Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3706Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3742Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3749Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4112Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3783Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3706Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3742Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3749Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4112Barred spiral15 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).