IC 923
IC 923
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
948 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
154k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 948 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 923 as it looked roughly 948 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 929Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartIC 922Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 936Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 5391Elliptical170 million ly
apartIC 4284Spiral170 million ly
apartIC 4285Galaxy180 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 922Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 936Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 5391Elliptical170 million ly
apartIC 4284Spiral170 million ly
apartIC 4285Galaxy180 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).