IC 2547
IC 2547
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
484 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 484 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2547 as it looked roughly 484 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 2981Spiral63 million ly
apartNGC 3012Elliptical70 million ly
apartIC 2607Barred spiral72 million ly
apartNGC 3350Lenticular77 million ly
apartIC 2521Barred spiral79 million ly
apartIC 2544Barred spiral82 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3012Elliptical70 million ly
apartIC 2607Barred spiral72 million ly
apartNGC 3350Lenticular77 million ly
apartIC 2521Barred spiral79 million ly
apartIC 2544Barred spiral82 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).