NGC 4827
NGC 4827
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
354 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
125k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 354 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4827 as it looked roughly 354 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
IC 3913Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4787Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartIC 835Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 3949Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4853Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartIC 3955Lenticular7.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4787Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartIC 835Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 3949Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4853Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartIC 3955Lenticular7.0 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).