NGC 2823
NGC 2823
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
332 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 332 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2823 as it looked roughly 332 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 2829 NED02Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartNGC 2827Spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 2456Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 2834Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 2833Spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 2459Elliptical7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2827Spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 2456Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 2834Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 2833Spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 2459Elliptical7.9 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).