IC 2147
IC 2147
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
61 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
28k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 61 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2147 as it looked roughly 61 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 1879Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 2135Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 1792Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1827Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 2158Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1679Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2135Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 1792Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1827Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 2158Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1679Barred spiral16 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).