NGC 4023
NGC 4023
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
205 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 205 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4023 as it looked roughly 205 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 4005Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4022Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4015 NED02Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4015 NED01Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3989Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4018Spiral3.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4022Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4015 NED02Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4015 NED01Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3989Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4018Spiral3.8 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).