IC 827
IC 827
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
304 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 304 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 827 as it looked roughly 304 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 3721Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3784Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4935Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 3745Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 4685Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 3696Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3784Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4935Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 3745Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 4685Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 3696Elliptical22 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).