NGC 347
NGC 347
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
260 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 260 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 347 as it looked roughly 260 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 349Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 293Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 325Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 327Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 342Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 356Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 293Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 325Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 327Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 342Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 356Spiral13 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).