NGC 247B
NGC 247B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
282 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 282 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 247B as it looked roughly 282 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 247DBarred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 179Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 335Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 369Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1623BIrregular28 million ly
apartNGC 320Lenticular28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 179Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 335Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 369Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1623BIrregular28 million ly
apartNGC 320Lenticular28 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).