IC 77
IC 77
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
846 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 846 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 77 as it looked roughly 846 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 60Spiral69 million ly
apartNGC 333BLenticular78 million ly
apartIC 80 NED02Elliptical83 million ly
apartIC 98Galaxy100 million ly
apartNGC 377Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 1602Elliptical120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 333BLenticular78 million ly
apartIC 80 NED02Elliptical83 million ly
apartIC 98Galaxy100 million ly
apartNGC 377Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 1602Elliptical120 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).