NGC 7627
NGC 7627
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
367 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
157k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 367 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7627 as it looked roughly 367 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 7639Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartIC 5306Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7601Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7586Galaxy23 million ly
apartNGC 7551Galaxy28 million ly
apartNGC 7540Lenticular29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5306Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7601Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7586Galaxy23 million ly
apartNGC 7551Galaxy28 million ly
apartNGC 7540Lenticular29 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).