NGC 6027B
NGC 6027B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
195 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 195 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6027B as it looked roughly 195 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 6027ALenticular880,000 ly
apartNGC 6032Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 6020Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 6027Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 6027ELenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 6003Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6032Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 6020Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 6027Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 6027ELenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 6003Lenticular11 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).