NGC 2777
NGC 2777
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
69 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
15k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 69 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2777 as it looked roughly 69 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 2775Spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 549Irregular11 million ly
apartNGC 3049Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3024Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3020Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2690Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 549Irregular11 million ly
apartNGC 3049Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3024Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3020Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2690Spiral15 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).