NGC 1247
NGC 1247
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
185 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
191k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 185 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1247 as it looked roughly 185 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 1241Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 1195Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 1200Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartIC 287Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 1242Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 291Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1195Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 1200Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartIC 287Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 1242Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 291Lenticular12 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).