IC 1827
IC 1827
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
276 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 276 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1827 as it looked roughly 276 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 1009Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1021Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1038Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartIC 237Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 234Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 232Elliptical23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1021Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1038Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartIC 237Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 234Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 232Elliptical23 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).