NGC 447
NGC 447
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
261 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
167k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 261 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 447 as it looked roughly 261 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 1648Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 407Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartIC 1636Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartIC 1668Spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 1669Galaxy7.3 million ly
apartIC 1677Spiral7.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 407Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartIC 1636Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartIC 1668Spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 1669Galaxy7.3 million ly
apartIC 1677Spiral7.8 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).