NGC 6027A
NGC 6027A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
195 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 195 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6027A as it looked roughly 195 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 6027BLenticular880,000 ly
apartNGC 6032Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 6027Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 6027ELenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 6020Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 6060Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6032Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 6027Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 6027ELenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 6020Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 6060Spiral11 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).