IC 327
IC 327
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
435 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 435 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 327 as it looked roughly 435 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
IC 328Spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 321Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1372Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1368Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1413Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 318Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 321Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1372Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1368Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1413Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 318Spiral20 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).