IC 1147
IC 1147
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
488 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 488 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1147 as it looked roughly 488 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 1154Elliptical44 million ly
apartNGC 6288Elliptical52 million ly
apartNGC 6289Elliptical58 million ly
apartIC 1212Elliptical60 million ly
apartNGC 6024Elliptical75 million ly
apartIC 1225Barred spiral86 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6288Elliptical52 million ly
apartNGC 6289Elliptical58 million ly
apartIC 1212Elliptical60 million ly
apartNGC 6024Elliptical75 million ly
apartIC 1225Barred spiral86 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).