NGC 6027C
NGC 6027C
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
213 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
16.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 213 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6027C as it looked roughly 213 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 6028Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 6052 NED01Galaxy7.4 million ly
apartNGC 6027Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 6027ELenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 6060Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6020Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6052 NED01Galaxy7.4 million ly
apartNGC 6027Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 6027ELenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 6060Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6020Elliptical12 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).