NGC 47
NGC 47
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
269 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 269 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 47 as it looked roughly 269 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 50Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 54Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 106Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1490Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 22Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 17Lenticular26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 54Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 106Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1490Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 22Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 17Lenticular26 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).