NGC 4647
NGC 4647
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
66 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 66 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4647 as it looked roughly 66 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
IC 3701Elliptical630,000 ly
apartIC 3510Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4528Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4478Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4503Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartIC 3806Spiral4.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3510Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4528Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4478Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4503Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartIC 3806Spiral4.1 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).