NGC 6027
NGC 6027
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
205 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 205 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6027 as it looked roughly 205 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 6027ELenticular29,000 ly
apartNGC 6032Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 6060Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 6020Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 6028Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6027CBarred spiral8.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6032Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 6060Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 6020Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 6028Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6027CBarred spiral8.2 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).