NGC 2523
NGC 2523
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
161 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 161 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2523 as it looked roughly 161 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 2441Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 2614Spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 511Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartIC 520Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2550ASpiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 2184 NED02Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2614Spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 511Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartIC 520Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2550ASpiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 2184 NED02Spiral12 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).