IC 247
IC 247
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
394 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 394 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 247 as it looked roughly 394 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 1013Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1017Irregular13 million ly
apartNGC 1120Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 1078Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 1089Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 269Lenticular30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1017Irregular13 million ly
apartNGC 1120Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 1078Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 1089Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 269Lenticular30 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).