NGC 827
NGC 827
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
160 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 160 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 827 as it looked roughly 160 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 825Spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 1776Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 208Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 211Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 781Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1790Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1776Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 208Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 211Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 781Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1790Spiral19 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).