NGC 3923
NGC 3923
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
81 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
161k ly
across
9.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 81 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3923 as it looked roughly 81 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 3005Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3904Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3717Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 2913Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartIC 2995Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 2764Lenticular7.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3904Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3717Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 2913Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartIC 2995Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 2764Lenticular7.6 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).