NGC 927
NGC 927
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
385 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 385 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 927 as it looked roughly 385 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 1028Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 213Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 1112Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1849Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 810 NED01Elliptical41 million ly
apartIC 1775Spiral42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 213Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 1112Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1849Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 810 NED01Elliptical41 million ly
apartIC 1775Spiral42 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).