IC 4447
IC 4447
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
199 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 199 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4447 as it looked roughly 199 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 5642Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 5641Spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 4442Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 4403Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 1012Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 4452Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5641Spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 4442Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 4403Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 1012Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 4452Spiral12 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).