NGC 3823
NGC 3823
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
308 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
173k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 308 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3823 as it looked roughly 308 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 3775Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 2856Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 695Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2889Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3661Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 3722Elliptical25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2856Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 695Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2889Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3661Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 3722Elliptical25 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).