NGC 7727
NGC 7727
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
86 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
10.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 86 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7727 as it looked roughly 86 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 7723Barred spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 7724Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 7709Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 7721Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7406Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 157Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7724Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 7709Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 7721Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7406Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 157Spiral22 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).