NGC 2927
NGC 2927
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
351 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
134k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 351 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2927 as it looked roughly 351 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 2929Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 2931Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 544Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 2991Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 2988Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2994Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2931Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 544Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 2991Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 2988Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2994Lenticular18 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).