NGC 877
NGC 877
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
187 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 187 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 877 as it looked roughly 187 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 876Spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 1794Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 882Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 871Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 192Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1791Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1794Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 882Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 871Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 192Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1791Lenticular14 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).