IC 147
IC 147
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
716 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
158k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 716 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 147 as it looked roughly 716 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
IC 1741Lenticular43 million ly
apartIC 108Spiral58 million ly
apartIC 125Galaxy62 million ly
apartIC 99Spiral64 million ly
apartIC 98Galaxy82 million ly
apartIC 130Lenticular89 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 108Spiral58 million ly
apartIC 125Galaxy62 million ly
apartIC 99Spiral64 million ly
apartIC 98Galaxy82 million ly
apartIC 130Lenticular89 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).