NGC 4447
NGC 4447
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
334 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 334 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4447 as it looked roughly 334 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 4446Spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 3093Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3481Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 3425Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 3467Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 3235Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3093Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3481Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 3425Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 3467Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 3235Spiral22 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).