NGC 1423
NGC 1423
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
296 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 296 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1423 as it looked roughly 296 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 1470Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 1328Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1467Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1322Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 1323Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 1308Lenticular32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1328Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1467Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1322Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 1323Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 1308Lenticular32 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).