IC 2947
IC 2947
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBm
592 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 592 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2947 as it looked roughly 592 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 2738Elliptical96 million ly
apartNGC 3534BBarred spiral98 million ly
apartIC 2744Elliptical100 million ly
apartIC 2626Barred spiral100 million ly
apartIC 2735Spiral100 million ly
apartIC 2612Elliptical100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3534BBarred spiral98 million ly
apartIC 2744Elliptical100 million ly
apartIC 2626Barred spiral100 million ly
apartIC 2735Spiral100 million ly
apartIC 2612Elliptical100 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).