IC 1327
IC 1327
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
452 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 452 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1327 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 6955Spiral73 million ly
apartIC 5090Spiral73 million ly
apartIC 5089Spiral76 million ly
apartNGC 6957Spiral76 million ly
apartIC 5050Barred spiral83 million ly
apartIC 1360Barred spiral90 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5090Spiral73 million ly
apartIC 5089Spiral76 million ly
apartNGC 6957Spiral76 million ly
apartIC 5050Barred spiral83 million ly
apartIC 1360Barred spiral90 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).