NGC 2677
NGC 2677
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E?
198 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 198 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2677 as it looked roughly 198 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 2672Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 2667BBarred spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 2414Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 2624Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2667Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2747Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2667BBarred spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 2414Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 2624Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2667Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2747Lenticular13 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).