NGC 327
NGC 327
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
255 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 255 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 327 as it looked roughly 255 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 325Spiral680,000 ly
apartNGC 268Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 347Galaxy9.6 million ly
apartNGC 329Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 293Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 352Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 268Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 347Galaxy9.6 million ly
apartNGC 329Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 293Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 352Barred spiral13 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).