NGC 1327
NGC 1327
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
593 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
197k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 593 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1327 as it looked roughly 593 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 1229Barred spiral89 million ly
apartNGC 1230Lenticular100 million ly
apartNGC 1489Barred spiral110 million ly
apartNGC 1102Spiral110 million ly
apartNGC 1316ABarred spiral120 million ly
apartNGC 1316BBarred spiral120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1230Lenticular100 million ly
apartNGC 1489Barred spiral110 million ly
apartNGC 1102Spiral110 million ly
apartNGC 1316ABarred spiral120 million ly
apartNGC 1316BBarred spiral120 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).