NGC 6427
NGC 6427
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
151 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 151 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6427 as it looked roughly 151 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 6417Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 6429Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 6484Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6458Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 6460Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6490Elliptical20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6429Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 6484Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6458Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 6460Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6490Elliptical20 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).