NGC 427
NGC 427
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
471 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
151k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 471 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 427 as it looked roughly 471 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 365Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 378Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 334Barred spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 612Lenticular72 million ly
apartNGC 623Elliptical74 million ly
apartNGC 572Lenticular75 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 378Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 334Barred spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 612Lenticular72 million ly
apartNGC 623Elliptical74 million ly
apartNGC 572Lenticular75 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).