NGC 947
NGC 947
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
232 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
145k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 232 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 947 as it looked roughly 232 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 245Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 929Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 808Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 872Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 887Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 230Lenticular33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 929Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 808Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 872Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 887Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 230Lenticular33 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).