NGC 7347
NGC 7347
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
104 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 104 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7347 as it looked roughly 104 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 7437Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7448Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7465Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 7479Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7468Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7464Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7448Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7465Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 7479Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7468Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7464Elliptical16 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).