NGC 3047A
NGC 3047A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
286 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 286 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3047A as it looked roughly 286 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 3047BElliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3017Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3090Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3093Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 587Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3092Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3017Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3090Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3093Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 587Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3092Lenticular14 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).