NGC 3277
NGC 3277
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
66 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 66 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3277 as it looked roughly 66 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 3265Elliptical630,000 ly
apartNGC 3254Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 3245ABarred spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 3245Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3400Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3414Lenticular5.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3254Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 3245ABarred spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 3245Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3400Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3414Lenticular5.0 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).