NGC 4247
NGC 4247
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
182 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 182 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4247 as it looked roughly 182 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 4297Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4296Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4246Spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 768Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 4334Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4012Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4296Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4246Spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 768Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 4334Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4012Spiral22 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).