NGC 1447
NGC 1447
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
465 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 465 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1447 as it looked roughly 465 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 1434Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 1445Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 352Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1472Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1478Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1477Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1445Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 352Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1472Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1478Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1477Elliptical17 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).