NGC 3647
NGC 3647
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
685 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 685 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3647 as it looked roughly 685 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
IC 686Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 683Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 678Elliptical51 million ly
apartIC 2648Barred spiral94 million ly
apartIC 725Elliptical100 million ly
apartIC 2701Spiral100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 683Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 678Elliptical51 million ly
apartIC 2648Barred spiral94 million ly
apartIC 725Elliptical100 million ly
apartIC 2701Spiral100 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).