IC 347
IC 347
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
206 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 206 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 347 as it looked roughly 206 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 1418Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1441Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1376Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1417Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1449Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1358Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1441Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1376Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1417Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1449Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1358Lenticular20 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).