NGC 27
NGC 27
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
327 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 327 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 27 as it looked roughly 327 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 72Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 70Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 74Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 72AElliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 71Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 69Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 70Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 74Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 72AElliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 71Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 69Elliptical19 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).