NGC 3047B
NGC 3047B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
290 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 290 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3047B as it looked roughly 290 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 3047AElliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3017Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3093Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 587Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3090Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3083Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3017Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3093Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 587Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3090Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3083Barred spiral14 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).