NGC 2747
NGC 2747
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
195 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
32k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 195 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2747 as it looked roughly 195 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 2749Elliptical750,000 ly
apartNGC 2751Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 2677Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2672Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 2414Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2667BBarred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2751Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 2677Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2672Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 2414Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2667BBarred spiral16 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).