NGC 6947
NGC 6947
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
261 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 261 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6947 as it looked roughly 261 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 5086Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 6936Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 6924Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 6993Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 6841Elliptical44 million ly
apartIC 4991Lenticular45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6936Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 6924Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 6993Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 6841Elliptical44 million ly
apartIC 4991Lenticular45 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).