IC 947
IC 947
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
206 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 206 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 947 as it looked roughly 206 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 5327Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5335Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 952Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 966Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 5374Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 5382Lenticular21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5335Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 952Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 966Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 5374Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 5382Lenticular21 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).