NGC 3427
NGC 3427
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
297 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 297 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3427 as it looked roughly 297 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 3417Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3436Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3462Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 3441Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3439Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3425Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3436Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3462Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 3441Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3439Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3425Lenticular11 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).