NGC 7277
NGC 7277
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
188 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 188 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7277 as it looked roughly 188 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 7258Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7203Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7229Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7221Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7306Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7201Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7203Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7229Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7221Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7306Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7201Spiral26 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).