NGC 2647
NGC 2647
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
771 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
162k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 771 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2647 as it looked roughly 771 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 2734Lenticular75 million ly
apartBrowningIrregular120 million ly
apartIC 2431 NED01Spiral120 million ly
apartIC 2374Barred spiral150 million ly
apartIC 2380Lenticular150 million ly
apartIC 2378Elliptical160 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartBrowningIrregular120 million ly
apartIC 2431 NED01Spiral120 million ly
apartIC 2374Barred spiral150 million ly
apartIC 2380Lenticular150 million ly
apartIC 2378Elliptical160 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).