NGC 3777
NGC 3777
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
198 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 198 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3777 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 3711Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3727Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 3546Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 743Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 3942Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 4114Spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3727Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 3546Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 743Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 3942Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 4114Spiral28 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).