NGC 1947
NGC 1947
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
53 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
10.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 53 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1947 as it looked roughly 53 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 2082Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 1796Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 1688Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 1824Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 2056Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1809Spiral9.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1796Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 1688Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 1824Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 2056Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1809Spiral9.9 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).