NGC 647
NGC 647
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
588 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
217k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 588 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 647 as it looked roughly 588 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 617Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1738Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 144Elliptical47 million ly
apartNGC 480Spiral51 million ly
apartIC 95Galaxy72 million ly
apartIC 141Barred spiral74 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1738Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 144Elliptical47 million ly
apartNGC 480Spiral51 million ly
apartIC 95Galaxy72 million ly
apartIC 141Barred spiral74 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).