IC 4027
IC 4027
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
497 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 497 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4027 as it looked roughly 497 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 4893AElliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4870Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 4115Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4893Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartIC 4144Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 3956Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4870Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 4115Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4893Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartIC 4144Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 3956Elliptical13 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).