IC 727
IC 727
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
284 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
136k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 284 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 727 as it looked roughly 284 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 3820Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3833Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3817Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3822Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3819Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3839Spiral8.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3833Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3817Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3822Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3819Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3839Spiral8.5 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).