NGC 6927
NGC 6927
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
206 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 206 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6927 as it looked roughly 206 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 6927AElliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 6944Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6930Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6928Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6917Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6944ASpiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6944Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6930Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6928Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6917Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6944ASpiral16 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).