NGC 1427
NGC 1427
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
65 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
10.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 65 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1427 as it looked roughly 65 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 1399Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartNGC 1460Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartNGC 1369Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartNGC 1379Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 1373Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartIC 2006Elliptical3.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1460Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartNGC 1369Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartNGC 1379Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 1373Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartIC 2006Elliptical3.0 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).