NGC 7827
NGC 7827
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
247 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 247 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7827 as it looked roughly 247 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 7802Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 7816Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7834Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7778Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 7782Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7780Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7816Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7834Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7778Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 7782Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7780Spiral19 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).