NGC 3027
NGC 3027
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
49 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 49 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3027 as it looked roughly 49 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 3252Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 3359Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3403Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2985Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2715Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2591Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3359Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3403Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2985Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2715Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2591Spiral14 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).