IC 927
IC 927
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
388 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 388 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 927 as it looked roughly 388 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
IC 920Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartIC 924Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5442Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 5306Lenticular56 million ly
apartIC 915Elliptical63 million ly
apartIC 969Lenticular65 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 924Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5442Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 5306Lenticular56 million ly
apartIC 915Elliptical63 million ly
apartIC 969Lenticular65 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).