NGC 7427
NGC 7427
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
452 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 452 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7427 as it looked roughly 452 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 7413Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 7414Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 7370Galaxy48 million ly
apartNGC 7575Lenticular49 million ly
apartNGC 7500Lenticular55 million ly
apartNGC 7528Galaxy56 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7414Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 7370Galaxy48 million ly
apartNGC 7575Lenticular49 million ly
apartNGC 7500Lenticular55 million ly
apartNGC 7528Galaxy56 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).