NGC 2827
NGC 2827
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
326 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 326 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2827 as it looked roughly 326 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 2834Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartIC 2456Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartIC 2459Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 2829 NED02Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 2832Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 2823Spiral6.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2456Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartIC 2459Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 2829 NED02Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 2832Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 2823Spiral6.3 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).