NGC 6627
NGC 6627
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
245 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 245 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6627 as it looked roughly 245 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 6635Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 6577Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 6576Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 6527Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6616Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6593Elliptical32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6577Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 6576Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 6527Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6616Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6593Elliptical32 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).