NGC 4927
NGC 4927
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
360 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 360 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4927 as it looked roughly 360 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 4033Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartIC 4111Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartIC 4040Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 3955Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4853Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4926Elliptical6.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4111Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartIC 4040Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 3955Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4853Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4926Elliptical6.9 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).