NGC 4847
NGC 4847
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
226 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 226 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4847 as it looked roughly 226 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 4855Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4924Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4838Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4877Spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 4820Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartIC 829Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4924Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4838Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4877Spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 4820Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartIC 829Lenticular12 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).