NGC 6527
NGC 6527
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
254 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 254 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6527 as it looked roughly 254 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 6577Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 6576Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 6616Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6580Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6593Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 6627Barred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6576Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 6616Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6580Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6593Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 6627Barred spiral29 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).