NGC 1623
NGC 1623
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
468 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
16.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 468 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1623 as it looked roughly 468 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 376Galaxy16 million ly
apartNGC 1597Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 369Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 375Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 377Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 2064Galaxy37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1597Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 369Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 375Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 377Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 2064Galaxy37 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).