NGC 6027D
NGC 6027D
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
956 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 956 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6027D as it looked roughly 956 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 1166 NED01Elliptical110 million ly
apartIC 1166 NED02Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 4607Elliptical140 million ly
apartIC 1120Irregular170 million ly
apartIC 4548Elliptical180 million ly
apartIC 4588Elliptical220 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1166 NED02Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 4607Elliptical140 million ly
apartIC 1120Irregular170 million ly
apartIC 4548Elliptical180 million ly
apartIC 4588Elliptical220 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).