NGC 5247
NGC 5247
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
63 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
10.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 63 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5247 as it looked roughly 63 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 5099Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 5170Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5088Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5042Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4984Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 5510Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5170Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5088Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5042Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4984Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 5510Barred spiral10 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).