NGC 7527
NGC 7527
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
372 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 372 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7527 as it looked roughly 372 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 7548Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartIC 5293Galaxy3.8 million ly
apartIC 5296Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartIC 5295Spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 5297Galaxy7.2 million ly
apartIC 5298Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5293Galaxy3.8 million ly
apartIC 5296Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartIC 5295Spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 5297Galaxy7.2 million ly
apartIC 5298Barred spiral11 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).