NGC 1427A
NGC 1427A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · IB
95 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 95 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1427A as it looked roughly 95 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 1404Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 1350Spiral7.1 million ly
apartFornax BSpiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1341Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1382Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 1326ASpiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1350Spiral7.1 million ly
apartFornax BSpiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1341Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1382Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 1326ASpiral10 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).