NGC 7377
NGC 7377
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
156 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
178k ly
across
11.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 156 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7377 as it looked roughly 156 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 7359Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartIC 5261Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7392Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 7365Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7306Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7443Lenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5261Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7392Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 7365Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7306Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7443Lenticular27 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).