NGC 4527
NGC 4527
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
74 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
135k ly
across
10.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 74 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4527 as it looked roughly 74 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 4517ASpiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 3474Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4303Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4666Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4668Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4266Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3474Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4303Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4666Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4668Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4266Barred spiral6.2 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).