NGC 1077A
NGC 1077A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
397 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
17.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 397 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1077A as it looked roughly 397 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 1077BBarred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 260Elliptical50 million ly
apartIC 256Elliptical52 million ly
apartNGC 861Barred spiral52 million ly
apartIC 257Elliptical58 million ly
apartNGC 1265Elliptical62 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 260Elliptical50 million ly
apartIC 256Elliptical52 million ly
apartNGC 861Barred spiral52 million ly
apartIC 257Elliptical58 million ly
apartNGC 1265Elliptical62 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).