NGC 2947
NGC 2947
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
131 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 131 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2947 as it looked roughly 131 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 2979Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3030Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 2993Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2921Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2811Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2865Elliptical26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3030Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 2993Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2921Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2811Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2865Elliptical26 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).