IC 3147 NED02
IC 3147 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
357 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 357 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3147 NED02 as it looked roughly 357 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 3127Spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 3147 NED01Spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 775Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartIC 3233Spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 3209Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4325Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3147 NED01Spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 775Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartIC 3233Spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 3209Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4325Elliptical11 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).