NGC 247D
NGC 247D
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
288 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 288 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 247D as it looked roughly 288 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 247BBarred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 179Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 369Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 235ALenticular28 million ly
apartIC 1623BIrregular28 million ly
apartNGC 232Barred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 179Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 369Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 235ALenticular28 million ly
apartIC 1623BIrregular28 million ly
apartNGC 232Barred spiral29 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).