NGC 3947
NGC 3947
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
289 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 289 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3947 as it looked roughly 289 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 3919Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartIC 742Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3940Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3842Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3857Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3837Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 742Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3940Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3842Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3857Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3837Elliptical13 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).