NGC 6927A
NGC 6927A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
204 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
22k ly
across
17.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 204 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6927A as it looked roughly 204 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 6927Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 6944Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6944ASpiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6930Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6928Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6972Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6944Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6944ASpiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6930Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6928Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6972Lenticular17 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).