NGC 5947
NGC 5947
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
277 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 277 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5947 as it looked roughly 277 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 5943Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartIC 4565Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 4564Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 4567Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5914Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4562Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4565Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 4564Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 4567Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5914Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4562Elliptical14 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).