NGC 1047
NGC 1047
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
63 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
25k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 63 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1047 as it looked roughly 63 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 1042Spiral1.3 million ly
apartNGC 1110Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 1084Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 961Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 1035Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1052Elliptical5.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1110Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 1084Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 961Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 1035Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1052Elliptical5.8 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).