NGC 4027A
NGC 4027A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · IB
81 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
26k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 81 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4027A as it looked roughly 81 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 3981Barred spiral1.4 million ly
apartNGC 3957Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartAntennae GalaxiesBarred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4027Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4024Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4050Spiral4.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3957Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartAntennae GalaxiesBarred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4027Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4024Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4050Spiral4.5 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).