NGC 1627
NGC 1627
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
181 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 181 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1627 as it looked roughly 181 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 1656Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 1628Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 373Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 1599Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2080Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1694Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1628Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 373Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 1599Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2080Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1694Lenticular14 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).