NGC 7247
NGC 7247
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
115 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 115 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7247 as it looked roughly 115 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 1438Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 7167Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 7184Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7254Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7183Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7208Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7167Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 7184Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7254Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7183Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7208Lenticular15 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).